Basic Details
Surname
Duggan
Forenames
C E
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Cecil Evans
Served or died
Served
Honours
Military Cross
Notes
The following information was supplied by the school in 2024: '1911 living with Mother, a widow of independent means. 1901, father still alive, noted as living on independent means. Enlisted at Lincoln's Inn 19/1/1917, appears to be a government employee. Lieutenant with South Persia Rifles, then on Special List as Captain. Served in Persia from 1917. GSM and clasp, South Persia. Was awarded the Military Cross (cavalry). Application for medals goes to Army Department, Calcutta. Address in 1922 Cox and Company 16 Charing Cross Road, London. His service noted in LHS report in Kington Times Dec 1917. In the 1881 census, his father is described as an Alderman, a farmer of 240 acres employing 4 men, 1891 census family at Evenjobb Farm, and Thomas is described as a JP. Married 19/1/29 to Galina Yanicheff in Teheran. Cecil died December 1975 at Cheltenham (possibly Victoria, Australia). There is also another brother, John G. B. Duggan, who was born c.1895, as well as Lewin Bowring Evans. Also GSM and clasp. 1913 Kelly's Directory notes that James Thomas Duggan is a farmer at Woodlands. Is this another brother?'
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Inns of Court OTC
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