Post by BereniceUK on May 1, 2017 16:22:19 GMT
Lieut. Edwards, eldest son of the Rev. R. J. Edwards, Corris, and nephew of Mr. Frank Edwards, M.P., has been ordered to join the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in South Africa.
(Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser, Thursday 1st November 1900)
__________________________________________________
The memory of one of the victims of the prolonged South African war was honoured with impressive ceremony at Corris on Saturday afternoon last. The occasion was the unveiling of a tablet erected on the walls of the Parish Church, dedicated to the memory of Evan Jones Williams, a native of Corris, and a private in the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, who fell in the heroic and victorious charge of the battalion at the Battle of Bergendal, Transvaal, on August 27th, 1900. There was a good muster of the members of the Machynlleth and Aberdovey corps of Volunteers, together with the members of the Dolgelly Cycle Corps, the officers in command being Lieutenant J. M. Howell and Colour-sergeant-Instructor Wilson. The men were drawn up on the roadway near the railway station, and, headed by the Corris Brass Band, marched to church. The sacred edifice, which had been decorated for the occasion with bunting and a large number of flags, was filled to overflowing. The service, which was in every respect an appropriate one, was conducted by the vicar, the Rev. R. J. Edwards, assisted by Mr. R. J. Dix, who read the first lesson. The hymns, "Onward, Christian Soldiers," and "O, God, our Help in ages past," was sung, and the 90th Psalm was chanted.
Mr. Joseph Hoult, M.P., for the Wirral division of Cheshire, was then called upon by the vicar to deliver an address. Mr. Hoult said the ceremony that day was in honour of a neighbour, a friend, a man, well-known to all of them, who went to South Africa to fight for his country, and there he was killed in the exercise of his duty to his Queen and country. He passed through the Natal campaign. They all knew what that meant. The very name of Ladysmith brought to their minds certain very dark days in the month of December nearly two years ago. He did not want to think that any of their soldiers were not led in South Africa by competent men. He did not want to think that one British life was sacrificed in South Africa by the incompetence of a British officer. It had been said that incompetence was shown by certain officers; but there was no room for incapability on the part of any officer in the British Army, and no matter who that man was, or who those officers might be - whether they stand in a high position or low position, whether they were rich or poor - those men must go from the British Army. Mr. Hoult then unveiled the tablet, which would stand, he hoped, in memory of Evan Jones Williams as long as the sacred edifice lasted.
The Vicar also addressed the congregation.
(Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser, Friday 3rd October 1901)
(Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser, Thursday 1st November 1900)
__________________________________________________
A SOLDIER'S MEMORIAL.
The memory of one of the victims of the prolonged South African war was honoured with impressive ceremony at Corris on Saturday afternoon last. The occasion was the unveiling of a tablet erected on the walls of the Parish Church, dedicated to the memory of Evan Jones Williams, a native of Corris, and a private in the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, who fell in the heroic and victorious charge of the battalion at the Battle of Bergendal, Transvaal, on August 27th, 1900. There was a good muster of the members of the Machynlleth and Aberdovey corps of Volunteers, together with the members of the Dolgelly Cycle Corps, the officers in command being Lieutenant J. M. Howell and Colour-sergeant-Instructor Wilson. The men were drawn up on the roadway near the railway station, and, headed by the Corris Brass Band, marched to church. The sacred edifice, which had been decorated for the occasion with bunting and a large number of flags, was filled to overflowing. The service, which was in every respect an appropriate one, was conducted by the vicar, the Rev. R. J. Edwards, assisted by Mr. R. J. Dix, who read the first lesson. The hymns, "Onward, Christian Soldiers," and "O, God, our Help in ages past," was sung, and the 90th Psalm was chanted.
Mr. Joseph Hoult, M.P., for the Wirral division of Cheshire, was then called upon by the vicar to deliver an address. Mr. Hoult said the ceremony that day was in honour of a neighbour, a friend, a man, well-known to all of them, who went to South Africa to fight for his country, and there he was killed in the exercise of his duty to his Queen and country. He passed through the Natal campaign. They all knew what that meant. The very name of Ladysmith brought to their minds certain very dark days in the month of December nearly two years ago. He did not want to think that any of their soldiers were not led in South Africa by competent men. He did not want to think that one British life was sacrificed in South Africa by the incompetence of a British officer. It had been said that incompetence was shown by certain officers; but there was no room for incapability on the part of any officer in the British Army, and no matter who that man was, or who those officers might be - whether they stand in a high position or low position, whether they were rich or poor - those men must go from the British Army. Mr. Hoult then unveiled the tablet, which would stand, he hoped, in memory of Evan Jones Williams as long as the sacred edifice lasted.
The Vicar also addressed the congregation.
(Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser, Friday 3rd October 1901)