Thomas Carey-Evans

Major Sir Thomas John Carey Evans MC FRCS was born on 6 June 1884 in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. He was the son of Robert Davies Evans, a family doctor, and Elizabeth Jones. Elizabeth was the sister of Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones. Carey Evans pursued his higher education at Cardiff University before attending medical school at Glasgow University and subsequently at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London.

In 1908, he joined the 7th Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers as a lieutenant. The following year, on 31 July 1909, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service. In 1910, he was appointed as a surgical specialist in the Lucknow division of British India. Between 1911 and 1912, he participated in the Battle of Abor on the North East border of India, for which he received the Indian General Service Medal.

Carey Evans was promoted to the rank of captain on 31 July 1912. During the First World War, he served in various locations with the Indian Army, including Gallipoli, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. In 1917, he served as a civil medical officer in Baghdad. His service was recognized with the award of the Military Cross on 3 June 1916 and the decoration of Chevalier in the Legion of Honour on 24 October 1919. Additionally, he participated in the Mishin campaign, exploring the Tibetan border and mapping the upper course of the Brahmaputra River.

In 1920, Evans was appointed as the resident medical officer for the State of Mysore. He was promoted to the rank of major in the Indian Military Service in 1921. He was knighted in 1924 and continued his service until his retirement from the army in 1926.

Following his military career, Carey Evans worked as a consultant surgeon at St Paul's Hospital in London, specializing in sexually transmitted diseases. In 1936, he was appointed as the first inspector of the newly founded British Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital, London.

During the Second World War, he served as a medical major in the Home Guard. He retired in 1946 and died on 25 August 1947 of a heart attack.