The John Chidzey Collection

A Great War Royal Marines M.S.M. pair awarded to Lieutenant E. Evans, Royal Marine Artillery

British War Medal 1914-20 (W.O.2 E. Evans, R.M.); Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (9642 E. Evans, Staff Clerk R.M.A. R.M.O. London, Service During War) extremely fine (2) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The John Chidzey Collection.

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Edward Evans attested as a Gunner in 1901 and served on H.M. Ships Exmouth and Prince of Wales. At the outbreak of the Great War he was in the garrison at Cromarty but spent the majority of the war with the artillery in the field, and was awarded the M.S.M. He specialised as a Clerk, and at the end of the war until 1930 when he retired he was based at the R.M. Office at London. Recalled for service in the Second World War, he served as a Superintending Clerk at the R.M. Depot and then moved to the R.M. Recruiting Depot at Exton where he served as a Lieutenant and Captain. He retired from the service once more in 1946. Lieutenant Edward Evans, M.S.M., R.M. died at Southsea on 6 August 1964. With copied obituary from The Globe and Laurel and some other research.