Evans was born in
Christchurch, Hampshire, on 9 January 1886, the son of Roger Evans. After serving in the
Territorial Force, Evans was awarded the
Military Cross (MC) in 1918. After attending the
Staff College, Camberley, from 1920 to 1921, Evans then returned there, this time as a GSO2 instructor, from 1924 until 1927. before relinquishing the appointment on 24 August 1940. He was made GOC
Aldershot Area on 13 March 1941 and appointed a
Companion of the Order of the Bath in the
1941 Birthday Honours, before being made supernumerary to the establishment on 9 January 1943. Evans retired from the British Army on 13 October 1944. From 1937 to 1947 he held the colonelcy of the
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. He was appointed
High Sheriff of Somersetshire in 1955. ==References==