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Pte. George William Jones

British Army 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment

from:Kings Sutton, Banbury, Oxon

(d.29th July 1917)

George William Jones served with the 2nd Btn Wiltshire Regiment. He died on 29th July 1917, aged 34. He is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

His regiment was involved in the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), based in the small village of Hooge, 4 kilometres east of Ypres. The British reclaimed Hooge Chateau on 31st July 1917 and held Hooge for nine months.

George was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Jones of Banbury, Oxon, and husband of Annie Louise Jones (my paternal grandmother). George was father to five children.



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