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Ralfe Evans-Freke (1897 - 1969)

LT COL Hon Ralfe Evans-Freke
Born in Marylebone, Middlesex, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 4 Mar 1919 (to 1929) in Marylebone, Middlesex, Englandmap
Husband of — married 1929 (to 1940) in Edmonton, London, Englandmap
Husband of — married 1941 in Devizes, Wiltshire, Englandmap
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Father of and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died at age 71 in Samford, Suffolk, Englandmap
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Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable Ralfe Evans-Freke was born on 23rd July 1897 at Marylebone, Middlesex, England. He was the second son of Algernon Evans-Freke and Mary Toulmin.[1] He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.

Evans-Freke served in the British Army during the First World War, where he was wounded. He gained the rank of Major in the Rifle Brigade and was Mentioned in Despatches.

He married Vera Harrington-Moore, daughter of C. Harrington-Moore, on 4th March 1919 at Marylebone, Middlesex.[2] He and Vera Harrington-Moore were divorced in 1929. Their son, Peter, inherited the title of Baron Carbery upon Ralfe's brother's death in 1970.

He married, secondly, Phyllis Thorpe, daughter of C W Thorpe, in 1929 at Edmonton, London.[3] He and Phyllis Thorpe were divorced in 1940.

He married, thirdly, Dorothy Surrey, daughter of H G Surrey, on 18th January 1941 at Devizes, Wiltshire.[4]

He fought in the Second World War.

Evans-Freke was Military Secretary to the Governor of Burma between 1946 and 1947, followied by seven years with the Staff of the War Office; retiring in 1960. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1953.

He passed away on 23rd May 1969 at Samford, Suffolk.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ UK FreeBMD Birth Index Sep qtr 1897, vol 1a, page 590
  2. ↑ UK FreeBMD Marriage Index Mar qtr 1919, vol 1a, page 1325
  3. ↑ UK FreeBMD Marriage Index Dec qtr 1929, vol 3a, page 1530
  4. ↑ UK FreeBMD Marriage Index Mar qtr 1941, vol 5a, page 331
  5. ↑ UK FreeBMD Death Index June qtr 1969, vol 4b, page 2569

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  • The Peerage: Ralfe Evans-Freke; accessed 11 Apr 2019].




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