Vice-Admiral Sir Alfred Englefield Evans KBE CB (30 January 1884 — 29 December 1944) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
[1] He spent his formative years in South Africa before the family returned to England, where he was educated at Horris Hill School (which had been founded by his uncle Alfred Evans).
[1] Serving in the war, Evans was appointed flag-lieutenant commander on board HMS Orion to Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet.
[1] Towards to the end of the 1920s, he served in South Africa as flag captain and chief-of-staff at the Cape Station and then as deputy director of Naval Intelligence.
[1] After a two-year appointment as commodore of the South America Division on board HMS Exeter, Evans was promoted rear-admiral in October 1935.
[10] That same month he was appointed naval aide-de-camp to George V.[11] Having been second-in-command of the 1st Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean, he was rear-admiral in charge of Gibraltar from 1937 to 1939.
[14] Evans was the only passenger returning to the UK on a Canadian Government Trans-Atlantic Air Service flight which left Montreal bound for Prestwick on 29 December 1944.
[1] The Avro 691 Lancastrian which he flew on made a Mayday call 600 miles (970 km) east of Newfoundland and was lost with all hands.
A gap of five years followed before Evans made his final first-class appearance, in 1925 for the Royal Navy against the Army at Lord's.