BORN HULL 1877. SON OF JOHN GEORGE AND MARY EVINGTON, OF 51 MORPETH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE FIRST MARY MARRIED ON 25/12/1908 AT ST PAUL’S CHURCH, SCULCOATES AND HAD SIX CHILDREN LIVING AT 2 KINGSTON PLACE, SYKES STREET, HULL. HIS SECOND WIFE WIFE – ANN ELIZA EVINGTON AND THEIR YOUNG DAUGHTER ELMA, LIVED AT 116 , BELVOIR STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL & 28 CHRISTOPHER STREET. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS SHOP ASSISTANT FOR A MARINE STORE DEALER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/10/1915, USING THE FIRST NAME ALBERT AND PROVIDING THE YOUNGER AGE OF 35. HE JOINED THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARMY LIFE WAS CLEARLY NOT FOR HIM. HE WENT ABSENT ON 08/03/1915, 27/04/1915, 08/05/1915, 01/06/1915 AND 29/06/1915. HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE 14TH EAST YORKSHIRE RESERVES. DESERTED ON 31/07/1915. APPREHENDED IN HULL ON 06/10/1915. DETAINED FOR 56 DAYS ON 19/10/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 22/07/1916. TRANSFERRED TO ENGLAND AND THE KING’SOWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, ON 30/12/1916. DISCHARGED WITH TUBERCULOSIS OF THE LUNG ON 12/02/1917. HE DIED WITH HIS WIFE, MARY AND FOUR CHILDREN, AT 28 CHRISTOPHER STREET, HULL ON 16/12/1917, AGED 40 (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
NB: RICHARD EVINGTON, RFA – 120 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL.
