Eric Evans (priest, born 1902) explained

Eric Herbert Evans (31 January 1902 – 25 December 1977) was the Archdeacon of Warrington from 1959^[1] to 1970.

Life

Evans was educated at Liverpool Institute and Bishop Wilson Theological College, Isle of Man. He was ordained in 1930.^[2] After curacies in Liverpool and Southport, he was Chaplain at the Liverpool branch of the Mission to Seamen. He was vicar of Crossens, and then, during World War II, a Chaplain in the Royal Navy Reserve.^[3] He was vicar of Southport from 1946 to 1948; and then of Meols until his retirement.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News in Brief. The Times (London, England), 5 December 1958; p. 6; Issue 54326
2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
3. Web site: Navy list, December 1943, Volume 2. National Library of Scotland. 16. en. 2018-01-19.
4. ‘EVANS, Ven. Eric Herbert’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014, accessed 2 August 2015