Finding Aid
Evans, Robert, [18--]-[19--]
Evans, Victor Roland, 1886-[19--]
Evans, Cecil John Robert, 1898-[19--]
Box 1
Correspondence
F.1 Letters from Victor Evans to his family.
2 March 1918 account of his trip from Portland to Victoria and attestation process.
30 April 1918 describes arrival in England and a bit about quarantine
16 June 1916 [sic. 1918] about their courses and prospective leave to visit their Aunt
28 July 1918 begun his riding course, trouble getting packages
21 August 1918 bit more about their courses and mentions people volunteering to go to Siberia
25 August 1918 women bus drivers striking for equal wages to the men, sinking of the San Diego
December 1918 Christmas card from France
10 June 1919 Happy Birthday to his mother, reports that he is about to sail for Montreal from Liverpool, will be discharged there and heading home
F.2 Letters from Cecil to his family.
6 March 1918 postcard with his address in Vancouver
22 September 1918 has been moved to the Siege battery and done training, Joe Casey is heading to Siberia
27 October 1918 arrived in France
8/9 December 1918 Germany
15 December 1918 postcard with their quarters marked and issue of The Beaver, noting their crossing of the Rhine
24 December 1918 moved to a new battery, bought an Iron Cross
23 January 1919 visited Cologne, beginning the move towards home
4 March 1919 Belgium, handing in arms and returning animals, should be home in a few months
May 1919 Postcard of the RMS Cedric with log printed on back from voyage home.
F.3 Letters to Robert Evans from William P. Waterson
28 December 1914 description of difficulties of business in the war and bombings
2 December 1916 son Fred is in France training, briefly English perspective on war
19 November 1917 Fred, 21, killed in Flanders (buried at Thiepval), moved to the country to escape the air raids
F.4 Letter to Robert Evans from his sister Emily. 1/11 July 1918.
F.5 Letters from Cecil and Victor to Aunt and Uncle S.C. Spencer.
Victor. 11 September 1918. Police strike in London.
Cecil. 16 Dec. 1918. Hard to get paper to write.
F.6 Letter to Susan Evans from her sister, Mary. 29 November 1945.
Photographs and other material
F.7 Discharge and dispersal papers for Cecil Evans. 1919.
F.8 Military insurance correspondence for Victor Evans. 1923.
F.9 Photographs of Victor and Cecil in Surrey. Notes on back in Victors hand. 5 photos (plus duplicate or triplicate of some).
Photograph of Frank. 25 May 1919. 1 photo.
F.10 Ephemera
