Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (89931. Bombr. C. Evans. 50th. Fd. By. R.A.) good very fine £70-£90

Charles Evans was born in Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, around 1872. He attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich in 1892 and was promoted Gunner on 15 October 1898. His Army Service Record notes that he was tried and imprisoned for disobedience of an order in March 1899, but he remained with the Colours until termination of his first period of engagement on 20 April 1904.