Private Richard Evans

Army Number : 2030

Battalion : 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Lived at Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire. Son of Richard Evans; Husband of Annie Crook (formerly Evans), of Manchester Road, Chapel-En-Le-Frith. He was a waggoner prior to enlisting, 7th July 1913 at Chapel-En-Le-Frith. He went to France 25th February 1915 and died 4th July 1915, aged 25, at 43rd Field Ambulance from wounds received whilst out on at working party near Maple Copse, Belgium. 

Buried : Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. Enclosure No.2 Plot 4. Row B. Grave 60.

Private Richard Evans is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Chapel-En-Le-Frith War Memorial, Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire.