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From the Commonwealth Graves Commission
Name: EVANS, WILLIAM DAVID
Initials: W D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: South Wales Borderers
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 25/07/1916
Service No: 33612
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 4 A.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

SDGW Info:

Name: William David Evans
Birth Place: Llechyrd, Cardigan
Death Date: 25 Jul 1916
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Cardigan
Rank: Private
Regiment: South Wales Borderers
Battalion: 1st Battalion
Number: 33612
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

Best Match from 1901 census.
1901 Census records him, 10 years old [b. 1891, Llechryd, Cardiganshire] living with his parents Benjamin [b.1853, Llandugwydd, Cardiganshire] and Anne [b. 1860, Eilgerran, Pembrokeshire] and his younger sister, Mary [b. 1893, Llechryd, Cardiganshire]. The address of the home is the Tivy Side Inn, his father being recorded as the inn-keeper. The premises survived until 1934 when it was demolished although it had not been a public house since 1930, having been closed under the auspices of the 1910 Licensing (Consolidation) Act, a re-hash of the Licensing Act 1904. Compensation was paid to the owner of the premises and the licensee for the removal of the license and the closure of the premises.
Below is an overlay of a 1906 map onto a Google Earth screen-shot of the location of the premises with two turn of the century photographs of the premises one showing a stage-coach the other show the premises view from across the river Tivy. Click on the picture for a large version.

Help piece together the Life Stories of more than 8 million men and women who made a contribution during the First World War at www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/

Wonderful stuff! I'm very happy that the State Library of New South Wales is uploading parts of their collection, it is a great service to Australians and all people world wide.

mistranslatedcap I agree... I'm also glad to see some of the collection up here on flickr. Cheers!

I couldn't agree more. Every page is a delight, and it is wonderful that the public can at last access these records of their history. Sam Hood's photographic map of the life of Sydney in the first half of the 20th Century is simply stunning. Well done SLNSW.

Don't forget that even more information is available from the State Library of NSW website www.sl.nsw.gov.au/

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See Part 2 The Distinguished Service Order page 367 for more service details and confirmation of the award of DSO L.G.14.1.16. He was killed in action 8.7.16 in Caterpillar Wood on the east side of Mametz Village, at the First Battle of the Somme

CWGC website shows that he was the son of the late Major H. C. Wilkinson; husband of Gladys Mary Wilkinson (nee Rowlands). Served in the South African war. Medal Roll Index Card gives an address: 14 Chapel Park Road, St Leonard's on Sea. Major Henry Chandler Wilkinson was in residence at Plas Newydd Hall, Denbighshire in 1881 aged 46 and described as Retired from the Army. Sidney was then aged 3, born in Gillingham, Dorset. His baptism record of 9th September 1877 shows that he was born at Wyke Hall, Gillingham, Dorset and that his mother was Eleanor Lydia Grey (des Voex). The property still exists, although it has been sub-divided search.struttandparker.com/residential/wyke-hall-gillingh...

Help piece together the Life Stories of more than 8 million men and women who made a contribution during the First World War at www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/