Individual Details
Lt Col Arthur Anthony "Good God" EVANS MC, OBE, MICE
(27 Jul 1873 - 16 Jul 1947)
Born and baptized Arthur Evans.
Events
| Birth | 27 Jul 1873 | Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire | |||
| Baptism | 28 Aug 1873 | St Peter's Church, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire | |||
| Residence | 1881 | with his parents - 35, Bridge Street, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire | |||
| Residence | 1891 | 24, Commercial Road, Lambeth, London | |||
| Occupation | 1891 | shorthand clerk - Lambeth, London | |||
| Military | Abt 1896 | 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (The Post Office Rifles) | |||
| Military | From 25 Jan 1897 to 20 Jan 1900 | with the Royal Engineers as a sapper - the United Kingdom | |||
| Military | 25 Jan 1897 | enlisting with the Royal Engineers as a sapper - Cardiff, Glamorganshire | |||
| Residence | 25 Jan 1897 | Cardiff, Glamorganshire | |||
| Occupation | 25 Jan 1897 | telegraphist - Cardiff, Glamorganshire | |||
| Military | From 21 Jan 1900 to 5 Oct 1900 | as a sapper during the Boer War - South Africa | |||
| Military | From 5 Oct 1900 to 24 Jan 1903 | with the Royal Engineers as a sapper - the United Kingdom | |||
| Marriage | Abt May 1901 | Cardiff Registration District, Glamorganshire - Margaret Ann EVANS | |||
| Military | 24 Jan 1903 | and was discharged as a Captain |  | ||
| Residence (family) | 1911 | 7, Saxon Villas, London Road, Peterborough, Northamptonshire - Margaret Ann EVANS | |||
| Occupation | 1911 | Post Office engineer - Peterborough, Northamptonshire | |||
| Military | From 1914 to 1920 | Assistant Director of Signals and Chief Signal Officer - Sinai, Palestine and Syria | |||
| Military | Abt 1914 | as officer in charge of signals - GHQ, Gallipoli | |||
| Occupation | From 1920 to 1933 | the Chief Engineer Palestine Post and Telegraphs - Jerusalem, Palastine | |||
| Miscellaneous | 18 Nov 1929 | departed aboard the SS Njassa bound for Palastine via Port Said, Egypt - the Port of Southampton | |||
| Occupation | 18 Nov 1929 | Colonial Service employee | |||
| Residence (family) | 29 Sep 1939 | Stilton House, Stilton, Huntingdonshire - Margaret Ann EVANS | |||
| Occupation | 29 Sep 1939 | retired colonial servant - Peterborough, Northamptonshire | |||
| Death | 16 Jul 1947 | of heart failure complicated by asthma - Stilton House, Stilton, Huntingdonshire | |||
| Probate | 20 Feb 1948 | Peterborough | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Ann EVANS (1877 - 1950) |
| Child | Grp Capt Anthony Caron EVANS-EVANS DFC, RAF (1902 - 1945) |
| Child | Doreen EVANS-EVANS (1903 - 1974) |
| Child | Grp Capt Howard Arthur EVANS-EVANS RAF (1905 - 1977) |
| Child | Ewan Wilym EVANS-EVANS (1910 - 1991) |
| Child | Fl Lt Roland Gwynne EVANS-EVANS RAF (1913 - 1944) |
| Father | David EVANS (1850 - 1898) |
| Mother | Elizabeth ANTHONY (1849 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Charles William EVANS (1871 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Annie "Nano" EVANS (1875 - 1960) |
Notes
Military
Arthur received the South Africa 1899 to 1902 Campaign Medal & Clasps. He took part in the Battle of Paardeberg, Battle of Driefontein, Johannesburg and Cape Colony.Queen's South Africa Medal with Orange Free State, Transvaal, Cape Colony and Defence of Ladysmith clasps. Order of the British Empire, Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Mentioned in Despatches 4 Times, and The Serbian Order of The White Eagle with Swords.