Born: 1878, Bowling, Bradford
Died: 27 September 1917
Buried:
Address: 59 Fagley Road, Eccleshill
Parents: David & Mary Agnes, nee Holey
Spouse: Ann Mary, nee Reynolds
Siblings: Three plus three step siblings
Occupation: House painter
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Sgt Major
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Eccleshill, Park & St Luke’s; Tyne Cot
Children: Mary, Joseph
Regiment: Prince of Wales’s Own
Joseph McEvoy
Joseph McEvoy was born in 1878
in Bowling, Bradford, the son of
David McEvoy and Mary Agnes,
nee Hoey.
David was a widower with three
children from his first marriage. He
died in 1898 while the family were
living in West Bowling.
By 1901 Joseph, at 22 years of age,
had left home and was boarding at
409a Bowling Back Lane and
working as a house painter.
In 1909 he married Ann Mary
Reynolds born in 1871 in
Eccleshill. Shortly afterwards he
enlisted in Richmond in the army,
Regiment unknown, and took Ann
Mary to live in Richmond where
their daughter Mary was born in
1911, twelve days prior to the
census being taken.
At this time Joseph was an Army
Corporal living at No. 12 Married
Quarters, The Castle, Richmond.
His Regiment then moved to
Farnham where his son Joseph was
born in 1913.
When war broke out in 1914
Joseph re-enlisted as Corporal 6926
in the 6th Battalion of the
Alexandra Princess of Wales Own
(Yorkshire Regiment).
During the war Joseph served in
Gallipoli, Egypt and France and his
Regiment took part in the Battle of
Neuve Chapelle in March 1915
when he was wounded.
During the battles on the Somme in
1916 Joseph’s Regiment took part
as a reserve army in the Battle of
Flers-Coulette 15th to the 22nd of
September and also in the Battle of
Thiepval 26th to 28th September
when Joseph was wounded in the
leg, neck and face.
He recovered and was sent back to
the front line taking part in the
Battles of Ypres during the summer
of 1917.
He fought in the Battle of Menin
Road 20th to 25th of September
1917 and the Battle of Polygen
Wood 26th of September to the 3rd
of October and was killed in action
on the second day of this battle on
the 27th September 1917. He was
38 years of age and at the time of
his death was a Company Sergeant
Major.
Joseph is remembered on the Tyne
Cot memorial.
He left his effects to his widow Ann
and two children who received
£6.16.7d on the 5th February 1918
and a War Gratuity of £25.0.0d on
the 14th of October 1919.
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Researched and written by Jean
Britteon, to whom many thanks
