Forename: Edward Jason
Surname: Evans
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Institution: Cheltenham Training College
1913 – 1915 Year Group (D340)
Cheltenham Training College students enlist, ‘Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic’ 19 December 1914
Edward Jason Evans, originally from Leominster, was a student at Cheltenham Training College from 1913 – 1915. He was the son of William Henry and Sarah Ann Evans, of 22 Burgess Street.
He was a Second Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion attached to the 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, who died on 3 July 1916, age 25. He is buried at Ovillers Military Cemetery, France, and his headstone reads “Until the day break”.