Sojourn in Silesia: 1940 - 1945
Arthur Evans
- Arthur
- Charles
- Evans
- was
- born
- in
- 1916
- in
- the
- Wirral,
- Cheshire,
- England.
- The
- first
- years
- of
- his
- employment
- were
- at
- Lever
- Bros,
- soapworks
- at
- Port
- Sunlight,
- and
- then
- with
- the
- New
- Zealand
- Shipping
- Company.
- One
- voyage
- to
- Australia
- and
- then
- another
- to
- New
- Zealand
- convinced
- him
- he
- was
- not
- meant
- to
- be
- a
- sailor.
- To
- further
- his
- ambition
- to
- become
- a
- policeman,
- he
- enlisted
- in
- the
- Irish
- Guards
- in
- 1936.
- In
- May
- 1940,
- he
- was
- wounded
- and
- taken
- prisoner
- in
- Boulogne
- and
- spent
- the
- remainder
- of
- the
- war
- in
- prison
- camps
- in
- Upper
- Silesia.
- He
- returned
- to
- England
- in
- May
- 1945
- and
- upon
- demobilisation,
- joined
- the
- Kent
- County
- Constabulary.
- Whilst
- still
- a
- Police
- Constable,
- and
- from
- 1956-1967
- he
- was
- the
- General
- Secretary
- of
- the
- Police
- Federation
- for
- England
- and
- Wales,
- and
- it
- was
- in
- this
- capacity
- that
- he
- was
- appointed
- C.B.E.
- He
- was
- married
- to
- his
- wife
- Freda
- for
- 62
- years,
- and
- they
- have
- 3
- daughters.
- He
- retired
- aged
- 65,
- and
- spent
- much
- of
- his
- time
- gardening,
- bowling
- and
- cooking
- in
- his
- Kent
- home,
- and
- in
- later
- years
- caring
- for
- Freda.
- In
- March
- 2010,
- both
- Arthur
- and
- Freda
- moved
- into
- a
- local
- nursing
- home
- and
- where
- sadly
- Arthur
- passed
- away
- 3
- days
- short
- of
- his
- 95th
- birthday.
- Freda
- remains
- in
- the
- good
- care
- of
- the
- nursing
- home.Profit
- from
- the
- sale
- of
- this
- book
- will
- be
- donated
- to
- The
- British
- Red
- Cross
- at
- the
- expressed
- wish
- of
- Arthur
- in
- the
- days
- before
- he
- died.
- He
- never
- forgot
- their
- role
- in
- his
- survival
- during
- his imprisonment.
