Gunner Wilfred Joseph Ogilvy Evans
233 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died of Wounds
Date of Birth: 1887
Place of Birth: Ashburton, Devon
Date of Death: 19 July 1917 aged 29.
Buried: Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium. Remembered on the family grave in Teignmouth Cemetery and on Ashburton War Memorial, Devon.
Awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
Gunner Wilfred Joseph Ogilvy Evans aged 29. Wilfred was born in 1887 at Ashburton, younger son to Daniel Ogilvy, a chemist and dentist, and Annie Maria Evans. The census for 1891 and 1901 showed him living at West Street, Ashburton with his parents, where his father ran a shop. By 1911 the family were still there and Wilfred was now working as an assistant chemist and photographer. There were copies of photos taken by him in several local papers; he was the nephew of the chemist J.J.O. Evans of Orchard Gardens, Teignmouth.
Royal Artillery Cap Badge
Wilfred lived there until he enlisted on 30 May 1916 at Exeter with Royal Garrison Artillery, service number 86866. He was posted to 36 Company on 3 June 1916. Wilfred went to France in March 1917, where he joined the 5th Army serving with 233 Siege Battery.
Wounded on 10 July, Wilfred died of his wounds on 19 July 1917 at 91st Field Ambulance, Belgium. He was buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium. Remembered on the family grave in Teignmouth Cemetery and on Ashburton War Memorial.
His effects were sent to his father in 1919, who himself died in 1919.
