The Collection of Medals to Welsh Regiments formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord

1914-15 Star (659 Pte. T. Evans, Welsh H.), very fine £50-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Welsh Regiments formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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Thomas Evans was born in Tylorstown, Glamorganshire and enlisted in the 1/1 Welsh Horse at Newtown, Montgomeryshire. He subsequently served with the regiment in the Gallipoli campaign and in Egypt. Following the amalgamation of the 1/1 Welsh Horse and the 1/1 Montgomeryshire Yeomanry to form the 25th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in March 1917, he was killed in action in Palestine on 31 October. He was buried in Beersheba War Cemetery; sold with copied research.