Lance-Corporal Thomas Francis Evans
2nd RM Battalion, Royal Naval Division,Royal
Marines
28/04/1917
Eldest son of the late P and Mary A D Evans of Brookhill
Cottage, St Saviours, Jersey
Killed in action, aged 25 years.
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Thursday 17 May 1917
Roll of Honour. It is with deep regret
we chronicle the death which took place in action on
28 April last of Lance Corporal Thomas Francis Evans
of the Royal Marine Battalion. This gallant Jerseyman,
who was in his 25th year, was the eldest son of Mrs
M A Evans of Brookhill Cottage, near Princes Tower,
and enlisted in the Royal Marines soon after the outbreak
of war. He proceeded to the Front last year with the
Royal Naval Division and the sad news of his death will
be read with regret by scores of friends. To the relatives
we would tender our sincere sympathy.