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Evison Fred Private 58861
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/8869
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- SKR/DAT/IP/8869
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- Evison Fred Private 58861
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: Evison;
Forename(s): Fred;
Initials: F;
Number: 58861;
Rank: Private;
Born in: Old Leake, Lincs;
Enlisted in: Lincoln;
Resided in: Old Leake;
Previous Number: 26451;
Previous Regiment: Lincs Regt;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 6 Bn;
How killed: KIA;
Where: Belgium;
When killed: 02-May-1918;
Other Data: War Office Weekly Casualty roll 18/9/1917
Fred born in 1894 in Old Leake Lincolnshire. prior to enlisting he had been as Waggoner on a farm ( 1911 census) and was living at Faunt Bridge Lincolnshire. he was one of 8 children born to William Evison born 1847. William had initially been a shepherd, then farm labourer, then a foreman and later a farmer in his own right. Some of the family still live in wrangle.
Name: Fred Joseph Evison
Age in 1911: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Old Leake, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: Old Leake
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street Address: Old Leake Fort Bridge Boston
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Waggoner On Farm
Registration district: Boston
Registration District Number: 415
Sub-registration district: Benington
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Piece: 19577
Household Members: Name Age
William Evison 64
Betsy Ann Evison 55
Richard Evison 33
William Evison 29
Edith Harriet Evison 20
Fred Joseph Evison 17
Ernest Evison 2;Other Notes: EVISON, Private, F, 58861. 6th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 2nd May 1918. IV. E. 19. Ypres Reservoir Cemetery - Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;
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- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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Evison Fred Private 58861