CONNOR, Evelyn Cecilia
Age at Death: 24
Rank Private
Unit Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Service Number W11688
Place of Burial Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, UK
Date of Birth 1920.05.17
Place of Birth Victoria BC
Enlistment June 25, 1942, Victoria BC
Date of Death 1944.09.24
Daughter of James and Elizabeth Connor, of Victoria BC
Evelyn Connor’s life was cut short when she was hit by a bus in London during a blackout. Witnesses testimony said “I saw a woman walking halfway across the road to the opposite side of the road and she was waving to attract someone’s attention. I could not say whose attention it was and then she walked four steps backwards into the path of an omnibus travelling towards Aldershot way. The bus pulled up quickly and she was dragged towards the gutter almost at my feet.”
Like many women who enlisted Evelyn had minimal education (Grade 8) and joined the army for adventure. Disciplinary reports paint a picture of a young woman who had little regard for authority, liked to drink and socialize and was strong willed. The military misspelled her last name on her casket.
