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Surname:Evans
Initials:J T
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/11385
Notes:MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals and Territorial Force War Medal. First served abroad (4) Mesopotamia, 29/9/1916 to 16/1/1918. 4/4/1913 he enlisted in the Breconshire Battalion South Wales Borderers, No. 1064, address: father 29 Elton Street, Hay, Hereford and later 10 Deal Street, Hay6/10/1916 transferred as a Pte. 1/6 Devonshire Regiment. No. 5113 amended to 268090, 1/4/1917 transferred to MFP, 25/4/1919 to class Z reserve. Served Home 4/4/1913 to 28/10/1914, Aden 29/10/1914 to 4/8/1915, Mesopotamia 29/6/1916 to ?, en route ? to 26/3/1919, Home 27/3/1919 to 25/4/1919 to discharge. 26/5/1919 suffered from synovitis of knee, 30% received 8/3 per week to be reviewed in 26 weeks.
Info from pension index cards:- 5/ME/247. James Thomas Evans. 25/5/19 discharged, born 1897, single, 40 Brookland Terrace, Pricetown, Nantymoel, Nr Bridgnorth.26/5/19 pension synovitis (inflammation/bleeding joint). Left Knee, attr. 20%. Also:- Evans, James Thomas, MFP, P/11385, 1604, 5/ME/247, 57656/OS/M, Z.MFP/1599, Reg. 6 (os/m) NS2/4/29. PA Archives 1/2/65.
James Thomas Evans.
Decoration Record:
Decoration: Territorial Force War Medal (London Gazette: WO 329/3270 Page: 3 Sept. 19, 1921)
Citation: Formerly Pte 6 Devon Regiment, No. 268090.