Horace Moule Evans Explained

Sir Horace Moule Evans
Rank:General
Commands:Allahabad District
Rohilcund District
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Birth Date:8 December 1841
Birth Place:Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England[1]
Death Place:Steyning, Sussex, England

General Sir Horace Moule Evans (8 December 1841 – 28 July 1923) was an Indian Army officer.

Military career

As a junior officer Evans served in the 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)[2] and then became Deputy Assistant Adjutant General of the Bengal Army. He went on to be General Officer Commanding Allahabad District in India in 1895 and General Officer Commanding Rohilcund District in 1896.[3] He was promoted to full general on his retirement in November 1901. He was also Colonel of the 8 Gorkha Rifles.

Evans died in 1923 and was buried at St Andrew and St Cuthman Churchyard in Steyning, West Sussex.[4]

Notes and References

  1. 1911 England Census
  2. Web site: Army List 1868. 28 June 2015.
  3. Web site: Army Commands . 28 June 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf . 5 July 2015 .
  4. Web site: Horace Moule Evans. Find a grave. 28 June 2015.