Son of the late Colonel Robert Winter Evans. Husband of Mrs. Edith Louise Winter-Evans, of Reefton, New Zealand. Born in Natal. He was recommended for the Victoria Cross while a teenager serving in the Boer War for his native South Africa. He was awarded the D.C.M. He spent five years at St George's school at Harpenden Heights. After the Boer war he went to New York where he attended Columbia School of Mines (he is listed on Columbia University's honours board). Prior to going to war Winter Evans was either general manager or assistant general manager of Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd - which operated a number of gold mines in the Reefton area of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. During a turbulent period in the history of the Reefton gold mines in 1912 Evans led the company in a bitterly fought six month strike - at the end of which he introduced new work practices which improved productivity substantially and are credited with ensuring the mines continued to operate over the next two decades when inflation increased prices in NZ by some 67 percent. Left New Zealand with the Rifle Brigade. Prior to joining the Expeditionary Force, he held a commission in the New Zealand Motor Service Corps. He arrived at the front during the great war in May 1916 and was awarded the D.S.O in the field. He married Edith Louise Foster of Limpsfield Surrey (14th April 1910) and had two children. He was awarded the D.S.O. for gallantry at Messines. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.

source: South Africa War Graves Project. Service Records ( National Archive)