EDWARDS, HERBERT, brother of Henry Wilson Edwards (qv); b. 10 Sep 1856; adm. (G) 12 Jun 1868; left Mar 1873; a clerk in London and County Bank to retirement 1917; d. 5 Feb 1923.

EDWARDS, RICHARD LLOYD, second son of Richard Edwards, Nanhoron, Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire, Col. Royal Caernarvonshire Militia, and Annabella, only dau. of Richard Lloyd, Bronhaulog, Denbighshire; b. 9 Apr 1806; adm. (G) 14 Apr 1819; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Feb 1825; DL JP Caernarvonshire, High Sheriff 1834, also High Sheriff Anglesey 1836, Denbighshire 1847; m. 7 Nov 1831 Mary, only sister of John Lloyd Wynne (qv); d. 18 Jan 1876.

EDWARDS, THOMAS, son of Henry Edwards, Sutton, Suffolk, and Hannah Vertue; b. 25 Dec 1810; adm. (G) 16 Oct 1822; at Addiscombe Coll. 1826-8; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1828; 2nd Lieut., Bengal Artillery 12 Jun 1828; Lieut., 17 Jan 1836; retired in England 10 Mar 1836; living in Ipswich, Suffolk 1881 (1881 Census); d. unm. Jun 1891.

ELIOT, RICHARD, second son of Rev. Edward Eliot, Vicar of Norton Bavant, Wilts., and Prebendary of Salisbury, sometime Archdeacon of Barbados, and ---, d. of --- Skeats [or Skeet ?], Barbados, West Indies; b. 6 Apr 1831; adm. (G) 7 Jan 1844; QS 1845; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1849, matr. 31 May 1849, Westminster Student; BA 1853; MA 1856; ordained 1857; d. 14 May 1862.

ELLERSHAW, ARTHUR, son of Rev. John Ellershaw, Rector of Chew Stoke, Somerset, and Elizabeth Caroline, dau. of Lieut. -Col. William Pilsworth, Leeds, Staff Officer of Pensioners; b. 27 Feb 1869; adm. (G) 23 Sep 1880; Min. Can. 1883; left May 1885; RMA Woolwich, Gentleman Cadet 28 Aug 1886; 2nd Lieut., Royal Artillery 27 Jul 1888; Lieut., 27 Jul 1891; Capt., 1 Mar 1899; Maj., 8 May 1909; Lieut. -Col., 9 Apr 1916; acting Brig. -Gen., 1917-9; Col., 1 Jan 1921; retired as Brig. -Gen., 1925; served North West Frontier, India 1897-8, with Natal Field Force in South African War 1900 (severely wounded), Aden expedition 1903-4, and 1914-8 War; commanded 111th Heavy Battery with 111th Division in Flanders 1914-5, 46th Heavy Artillery Brigade in France 1916, Heavy Artillery 1st Corps 1917, 8th Corps Feb - Jun 1918, 6th Corps Jun 1918 - Nov 1919 in France and Flanders; mentioned in despartches LG 17 Feb 1915, 22 Jun 1915, 4 Jan 1917, 11 Dec 1917, 20 Dec 1918; DSO 3 Jun 1915; CMG 1 Jan 1918; CB 1 Jan 1919; French Croix de Guerre; m. 4 Nov 1926 Nora Mary, younger dau. of J. T. Middleton, Woking, Surrey; d. 16 Jul 1929.

Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton, son of Capt. Herbert Moates Ellis MC FSI, and his second wife Jane Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Hamilton; half brother of Christopher Herbert Evelyn Ellis (qv); b. 9 June 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (G); left Dec. 1925; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1928, but did not grad­uate; Roy. W. Kent Regt May 1939, invalided 1940; FRSA; a writer and painter; an authority on railway history and author of many books on the subject; m. July 1933 Olivia Mildred, d. of Louis Sargent of Horley, Surrey; d. 29 June 1987.

ELLISON, GEORGE HENRY, son of George Thomas Ellison (qv); b. 28 Aug 1847; adm. (G) 23 Jul 1861, from Bradfield Coll.; left Aug 1863; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Oct 1867, matr. Mich. 1868; BA 1872; adm. solicitor Hilary 1873; practised in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, firm Bloxam and Ellison; [unm. in 1881]; d. 21 Jun 1888.

ERSKINE, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Erskine, Chief Clerk, Home Office, and Maria Lucie de Chastelain (IGI); b. 14 Jul 1868; adm. (G) Feb 1882; head of Grants 1886 (and founded Grantite Review Mar 1884); left (with Triplett) Jul 1887; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1887; BA 1890; MA 1894; BD 1901; Wells Theol. College 1890; ordained 1892; Curate, St. Peter Port, Guernsey 1892-4, St. Mark’s, Hamilton Terrace, London, from 1894; d. at St. Moritz, Switzerland 18 Dec 1905. [mother probably dau. of Adolphe Emanuel de Chastelain, Merton, Surrey (IGI)]

Evans, David Christopher, son of Charles Evans, publisher, of Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, and Rose Elizabeth, d. of William Callaghan of Leytonstone, Essex; b. 28 Mar. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (G); left July 1940; PO RAFVR Mar. 1942; killed in action in a raid on Bremen June 1942.

David Christopher Evans was born at Walton-on-Thames, Surrey on the 28th of March 1922 the fifth and youngest son of Charles Seddon Evans, a publisher, and Rose Elizabeth (nee Callaghan) Evans of Bilders Farm, Ewhurst in Surrey.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1935 to July 1940. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Leading Aircraftman before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 7th of March 1942. He was posted to No. 15 Operational Training Unit as an instructor.
On the night of the 26th/26th of June 1942, Bomber Command dispatched 472 Wellingtons, 124 Halifaxes, 96 Lancasters, 69 Stirlings, 51 Blenheims, 50 Hampdens, 50 Whitleys, 24 Bostons, 20 Manchesters and 4 Mosquitos for an operation on Bremen. The force was intended to be a “1,000 bomber raid” but, in the event, 960 aircraft were sent, which included some aircraft from Operational Training Units to make up the numbers. The force was to attack the Focke Wulf factory, the A.G. Wesser shipyard, the Deschimag shipyard as well as other areas of the town and its docks. 572 houses were destroyed during the raid with a further 6,108 damaged, the vast majority of which were in the southern and eastern quarters of the city. 85 people were killed on the ground with another 497 injured and 2,378 were bombed out of their homes. Six buildings at the Focke Wulf factory were seriously damaged and one assembly shop was completely destroyed. Damage was also caused to buildings at the Atlas Werke, the Vulcan shipyard, the Norddeutsche Hutte and the Korff oil refinery.
David Evans and his crew took off from RAF Harwell at 10.41pm on the 25th of June 1942 in Wellington Mk IC DV737 for the operation. While flying in the target area at a height of 7,000 feet at 1.45am the aircraft was hit by anti aircraft fire and exploded, killing the entire crew. Parts of the wreckage fell on to the house of Frau Hoeber at 37, Stoeversand Strasse in Sebaldsbruck with the rest falling into the garden of the house where it burned out.
The crew was: -
Pilot Officer David Christopher Evans (Pilot)
Sergeant Ronald Idris Coffin (2nd Pilot)
Sergeant Thomas Phillip Morgan (Observer)
Sergeant Alfred George Leyland (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Michael Sweeney (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant John McRewin Kennedy (Air Gunner)
Theirs was one of forty eight aircraft which failed to return from the raid.
His father received the following telegram date the 25th of September 1942: - “Deeply regret to inform you that according to information received through the International Red Cross Committee your son Pilot Officer David Christopher Evans is believed to have lost his life as the result of air operations on 26th June 1942. Letter confirming this telegram follows. The Air Council express their profound sympathy.”
David Evans’ body and those of two of his crew were found on the road in front of the house, with another being recovered from the bottom of the garden. Another body was found near to the air raid shelter. The bodies of the crew were collected by the local undertaker, Herr Stubbe.
The crew was buried with full military honours at Waller Cemetery near Bremen on the 2nd of July 1942. Their bodies were exhumed by No. 4 Missing Research and Enquiry Unit, Royal Air Force on the 23rd of January 1947 and were moved to their present location.
He is commemorated on his parent’s grave
He is buried at Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 26 Row G Grave 13.

EVELEIGH, WILLIAM GEORGE, third son of Rev. William Eveleigh, Vicar of Aylesford, Kent, and Susan, sixth dau. of Rev. James Harwood, Vicar of Dartford, Kent; b. 12 Mar 1809; adm. (G) 10 Apr 1822; left Bartholomewtide 1826; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 May 1827; BA 1832; m. 25 Nov 1843 Sarah Creak (IGI); d. c. 1866.