A mother trying to find out what has happened to her son, Arthur Evans; Battle of the Somme
Title in English
Missing, presumed dead
This is the letter passed on down to me for safe-keeping. It was written to my great grandmother who was trying to find out what had happened to her son, Arthur Evans, whom she hadn't heard from for some months. All she knew was that he had been badly injured during the battle of the Somme in July, 1916. Arthur was likely to have been in the North Lancashire Regiment. I don't think she was ever told officially that he had died.
Summary description of items
Letter written in 1917 from an interned British soldier to the mother of Arthur Evans, a missing-presumed-dead soldier at the Somme.
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- ID
- 17263
- Number of items
- 2
- Person 1
- Arthur Evans
Died: November 30, -0001 in The Somme
- Person 2
- Margaret Evans
- Origin date
- 1916 – February 22, 1917
- Language
- English
- Keyword
- Women
- Front
- Western Front
- Location
- Delville Wood, near Guillemont, The Somme
- Contributor
- Nancy Aspinall Priest
