War Medals

9649 CORPORAL ALFRED EVANS, 2ND. BATTALION SOUTH WALES BORDERERS

1914-15 Star (9649 L.Cpl. A.R. Evans, S.Wales Bord:); British War Medal; Victory Medal 1914-19 (9649 Cpl. A.R. Evans. S.Wales Bord.); Memorial Plaque - Alfred Robert Evans : (ALFRED ROBERT EVANS - Born at Camberwell, London in June 1889, a printer by trade when he enlisted in the 5th.(Militia) Battalion, Rifle Brigade in May 1907, four months later he attested for the Regular Army and was posted to the South Wales Borderers : By 1911 he had left the Army and was for a time employed as a Shipping Clerk by Cox & Co. With the outbreak of war he was recalled for service and on 23 September 1914, he landed with 2nd. Battalion, South Wales Borderers at Lao Shan Bay, China, for operations against the German base at Tsingtao, and so began the Siege of Tsingtao, where the Japanese, as Britain's ally, fought alongside the South Wales Borderers. On 18 November 1914, at the conclusion of the siege the Battalion embarked at Sha-tzu-kou Bay bound for Hong Kong, arriving there on 22 November 1914. The Battalion subsequently left Hong Kong and returned to England disembarking on 12 January 1915. On 17 March the Battalion embarked at Avonmouth and arrived in Egypt on 29 March 1915. On 25 April 1915, 'B', 'C' and 'D' Companies landed at "S" Beach, Morto Bay, Cape Helles, Gallipoli. The recipient was serving with 'B' Company and as such became a 'First Day Lander'. He was to be wounded in action during the early stages of the campaign (most likely 28 April), reported in 'The Times' and 'Midland Daily Telegraph' newspapers of 7 June 1915. Following his recovery he served with 5th.(Service) Battalion (Pioneers), South Wales Borderers prior to returning to 2nd. Battalion. The Battalion left Gallipoli for Egypt arriving there on 11 January 1916. Subsequently deployed to France arriving at Marseilles on 15 March 1916, and later occupying trenches near Mesnil-Martinsart, on the Somme. Later the Battalion moved to the Ypres Salient, the recipient then serving with 'A'Company. He was reported 'Missing in Action' during an enemy trench raid on 8 February 1918 but as his body was never recovered he was subsequently presumed to have been killed on that date. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.) : Sold with verification, copy Militia Attestation Papers, copy War Diary entries, copy CWGC information, copy 'Times' newspaper report and other related research. Medals mounted on original silk ribbons. Rare group to a man who served in China, Gallipoli and France & Flanders EF - £1200