Other Information:David entered the war in Egypt on 20th December 1915. He was attached to the 1/2nd Lowland Field Ambulance on 27th May 1918, when *about 4.00 a.m. the enemy started to shell St Eloi, with the first shell landing on one of the huts occupied by the personnel of this unit. This incident resulted in 10 O/Rs being slightly wounded, 6 O/Rs being severely wounded, 10 O/Rs were instantaneously killed, and 5 O/Rs died from wounds. (*Taken from Unit war diary, kindly provided by Sam Biles) David was one of the 10 instantaneously killed. He was the second son of Mr and Mrs J Vaughan Evans of Murray House, Llanelly, Carmarthen.
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