Rev. Francis EVANS
(1792-1868)
Anna Maria BOWLE
(1811-1869)
Charles Lloyd HARFORD
(1799-1882)
Isabella Nicholson WAKEFIELD
(1808-)
John BOWLE-EVANS
(1836-1906)
Isabella Sofia HARFORD
(1840-1924)
Cmdr Stephen BOWLE-EVANS
(1876-1918)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Katherine Mary Cecily EVANS-LAWRENCE

Cmdr Stephen BOWLE-EVANS 1

  • Born: 20 Jan 1876, Pembridge, Hereford, England
  • Marriage (1): Katherine Mary Cecily EVANS-LAWRENCE on 11 Jun 1913 in Northleach, England, United Kingdom
  • Died: 16 Oct 1918, Simon's Town, South Cape, South Africa aged 42

  General Notes:

Commander HMS Hyacinth, Royal Navy
Lt Stephen Bowle-Evans 1st Command 04-08-1902
Commands Holland No. 2
Fate Died from influenza - 16th Oct 1918
Grave in Simons' town, Cape, South Africa

St Peter's Church, Leckhampton: Commander Stephen BOWLE-EVANS RN is commemorated on the family grave. He died of illness on 15th October 1918 whilst based in Cape Town, South Africa. He is buried in the Dido Valley Cemetery, Simonstown. http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=127531.
He is commemorated on the Cheltenham Borough War Memorial <cheltenham_memorial_south.htm> and on the Christ Church Roll of Honour <christchurch_memorial.htm>.
He was associated with 20 Lansdown Place, Cheltenham.

Transcribed from an article in South Africa Magazine, 28 December 1918 SOUTH AFRICA'S INFLUENZA VICTIMS:
We continue the sad toll of South Africa's terrible losses by the awful influenza scourge
...The late Commander Stephen Bowle-Evans, R.N., who died at Cape Town, was in command of the Naval Yard for some years, and in that capacity he was responsible for taking in and out of the basin a very large number of ships. He was a member of the Committee of the United Service Institute, and also of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. He had the distinction of commissioning the first submarine, and he also served with the Prince of Wales in H.M.S. Hindustan. Whilst living in Simon's Town the deceased officer supported the Yacht, Turf, and Hunt Clubs in the Peninsula....


Stephen married Katherine Mary Cecily EVANS-LAWRENCE, daughter of Rev. Anthony Cocks LAWRENCE and Mary Ann OGILVIE, on 11 Jun 1913 in Northleach, England, United Kingdom. (Katherine Mary Cecily EVANS-LAWRENCE was born in 1878 in Whittington, Gloucestershire, England 2 and died in 1954 in Whittington, Gloucestershire, England.)


Sources


1 Peter Bowle-Evans, Peter & Brenda Bowle-Evans [kapristo@gjlc.org].

2 1881 England Census. .... 1891 UK Census.

J. Ferran 18/07/2019


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