Even if this isn't him, there could be a connection:
Name: George Ernest Knightly Evans
Death Date: 3 Sep 1916
Rank: 2/Lieutenant
Regiment: Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
Battalion: 3rd Battalion
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Comments: Att 2/Roy Ir Ri
A bit more on CWGC site:
Name: EVANS, GEORGE ERNEST KNIGHTLY
Initials: G E K
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Leinster Regiment
Unit Text: 3rd Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Royal Irish Regiment
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 2nd Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 03/09/1916
Additional information: Son of George Knightly Evans, of Killorglin and Towers Hotel, Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVI. M. 9.
Cemetery: DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
You didn't say how old your dead chap was.
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 Merry
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