Son of Elizabeth Anderson McEvoy, of 29, Webb Street, Horwich, Lancashire. Formerly employed in the Boiler Shop of the Horwich Loco Works. Killed at the same time as his friend Gunner Harry Bardsley.
McEvoy, Robert –
Personal details
- Surname: McEvoy
- Forename: Robert
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Howe Bridge, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Not known
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 23
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: September 11th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Gunner
- Unit: "A" Battery, 211th Brigade.
- Service number: 710116
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton Artillery (Nelson Square) Memorial - Bolton
- Horwich 1914-18 Roll of Honour - Horwich Heritage
- Horwich Loco Works (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company) WWI Memorial - Horwich
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company WWI Memorial at Victoria Station Manchester - and also WWI Roll of Honour Book
- CWGC Memorial: Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: I. D. 18.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 19/10/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6d*