Evan Samuel Rees joined the army at 19 and served in the Middle East during the First World War. Medal no.1669, PTE E. S. Rees with the R.A.M.C (Royal Army Medical Corps). He survived the WW1 and returned to live at home in the Swansea area.

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A typical scene in Palestine.
Note the woman walking, while the man rides on the donkey. There is nothing of the ‘ladies first’ style with these Arabs. Note the barren desert as back ground.
Palestine.
July 7, 1917”