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Lyn Huw David Evans was born June 1924 in Cardiff. He attended school in the area and by December 1941 was a student at Cardiff Technical College. During this time he was living with his parents Dewi and Gwen Evans at Syr David's Avenue and was a member of the Cardiff Home Guard. He was reported missing during the middle of December 1941 and his body was found a few days later not far from his home. The subsequent inquest in to his death recorded a verdict of suicide whilst the balance of his mind was disturbed. His name was subsequently mentioned at the inquest into the death of Cardiff City Police Constable Evan Thomas Davies who had been shot in an air-raid shelter on Whitchurch Road, Cardiff on 12 December a few days before Lyn Evans' suicide. A suicide note left by Mr Evans indicated he had not committed the murder.
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Cardiff Borough Police Force Inquest records (Ref DCONC/4) and newscuttings (Ref DCONC/5) held at Glamorgan Archives
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Presumably Lyn Huw David Evans
Presumably Lyn Huw David Evans
Newscutting reads
'BOY H.G. [Home Guard] SHOT DEAD'
Lyn Huw David Evans,
17-year-old Cardiff Home
Guard, who had been missing
since Friday, was found shot
dead near his home yesterday.
Until recently Evans, who was in
the O.T.C. at his school in Cardiff,
before joing the Home Guard,
lived with his parents at Syr
David's-avenue, Cardiff.
He was found dead in a field and
there was a revolver by his side. He
left a note which may be read at
the inquest today.
In response to a police appeal to
report if they had firearms, dozens
of boys took revolvers and other
weapons to the city police yester-
day
Card reads
'Mr and Mrs Dewi Evans
wish to thank you most sincerely
for your kind expressions of sympathy
in the tragic loss of their son, Lyn'
7, Syr David's Avenue,
Cardiff December 1941
Letter written by Gwen Evans while staying at her mother's house in Monmouthshire
Bryngelli
Pontnewydd
Pontypool,
Mon.
Dec 26 1941
Dear Phyllis
Thank you very much
for your kind letter it has been
a dreadful blow losing Lyn. He
left the house to go to Home
Guard so bright and cheerful
that we really cann't [sic] understand
any reason for this dreadful
tragedy. I hope you and
your family are quite well
and when you do come to
Cardiff to see your mother you'll
find a little time to come and
see me. I am staying up
here just for a few weeks with
my mother.
Yours very sincerely
Gwen Evans