James Evans

Died

23 March 1921

Age

Rank

Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead and buried in a bog in Ballagh after being abducted when terrorists ambushed a military lorry at Scramogue, near Strokestown, County Roscommon.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead and buried in a bog in Ballagh after being abducted when terrorists ambushed a military lorry at Scramogue, near Strokestown, County Roscommon.

Circumstances

Abducted during an IRA ambush believed killed and buried in a bog.

Along with his RIC colleague, Constable Robert A. Buchanan, he was found in civilian clothes in the lorry while under arrest and facing court martial, Constable Evans for breaking a stained glass window in Elphin Church and Constable Buchanan for robbing a store in Ruskey.