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Roger Evans (London Politician)
Roger Evans may refer to: * Roger Evans (London politician) (born 1964), member of the London Assembly * Roger Evans (British Army officer) (1886–1968), British Army officer * Roger Evans (footballer) (1879–?), Welsh footballer * Roger Kenneth Evans (born 1947), British politician, MP for Monmouth * Roger Evans, a character in the TV series '' Sister, Sister'' {{hndis, Evans, Roger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Evans (British Army Officer)
Major-General Roger Evans (9 January 1886 – 22 October 1968) was a British Army officer who commanded the 1st Armoured Division during the early stages of the Second World War. Military career Evans was born in Christchurch, Hampshire, on 9 January 1886, the son of Roger Evans. After serving in the Territorial Force, he was commissioned into the 7th Hussars in December 1911. He saw service in the First World War, in the Mesopotamian campaign, from 1917−1918. After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1920 to 1921, he then returned there, this time as a GSO2 instructor, from 1924 until 1927. He became Commanding Officer of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1929, followed by attendance at the Imperial Defence College in 1934, and a promotion to brigadier on the General Staff at Western Command in India in 1935. He was appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 1st Armoured Division in 1938, continuing in that role into the Second World War with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Evans (footballer)
Roger Evans (born 17 November 1879) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team, and was capped once for a match on 22 February 1902 against Ireland. At the time he was playing for Clapton. Play Up Liverpool See also *List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical)
The Wales national football team has represented Wales in international association football since 1876, making it the third oldest international football team. They played their first official match on 25 March 1876, four years after England ...
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Roger Kenneth Evans
Roger Kenneth Evans (born 18 March 1947) is a British politician and barrister who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth from 1992 to 1997. He is a member of the Conservative Party. Career Evans first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, at Warley West in October 1974 and again in 1979, but he was beaten by Labour's Peter Archer each time. Evans contested Ynys Môn in the 1987 election. It was a Conservative seat with a majority of 1,684 votes from the 1983 election, but the Conservatives lost the seat to Plaid Cymru. Evans was elected the Member of Parliament for Monmouth in 1992, winning the seat back from Labour's Huw Edwards who had defeated Evans in by-election the previous year. However, at the 1997 general election, Edwards retook the seat. Evans stood again in 2001 when he lost by 384 votes. Evans, a barrister, was a junior Social Security minister from 1994 to 1997. He was a guest on episode S0041 of the American public affairs show '' Firing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |