“EVANS OF BROKE.”
SUCCESSOR ANNOUNCED. (British Official Wireless. RUGBY, May, 1. The King has approved the appointment of Rear-Admiral Tottenham to be Commander-in-Chief of the African Station in succession to Vice-Admiral Sir R. G. R. Evans, famous as “Evans of Broke” and as a member of Scott : s Antarctic Expedition, which lie commanded after Captain R. F. Scott’s death. , , , ~ In 1917 he was in command of the destroyer Broke, which with the Swift met and defeated six German destroyers.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 131, 3 May 1935, Page 7
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