Private Evelyn Freeman Ofield, 6823
- Batt - 2
- Unit - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 16/8/1879
- Died - 25/10/1914
- Age - 35
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Mrs Z. Ofield. He was married with one child. He was employed as a signalman on the Midland Railway before the outbreak of war, being a reservist he joined on the day war was declared and embarked for France on the 26th September 1914, he took part in the Battle of the Marne and was killed by a shell near Bethune, France.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - I B 12, Bethune Town Cemetery
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Bethune Town Cem., France
- Born - Whissendine, Rutland
- Enlisted - 4/8/14 In Hull, Yorks
- Place of Residence - Empingham, Rutland, England
- Memorial - ST. PETER'S CHURCH, EMPINGHAM, RUTLAND
- Memorial - EMPINGHAM CEMETERY MEM., RUTLAND
