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205011Sjt. Alfred Edward Jones MM.
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:East Ham,Essex
My Grandad, Alfred Jones, first joined the Grenadier Guards in 1906 and went to India where he met my grandmother. He transferred to the RH then the RFA starting off as a private then acting corporal, by the time he was in the Royal Field Artillery he was Sargent. He was with the Expeditionary Force France 1914 and won the Military Medal on the Somme. Like most soldiers Grandad didn't want to talk about the war and I can't blame him for how he suffered and came home alive one will never know. Grandad was 19 when he joined the grenadier Guards in 1906 and saw plenty of action.
He came home to East Ham after the war and joined the police force in 1919 and became a Sargent. He won the bronze medal for saving a woman from a burning shop in 1940. He was born 3rd September 1886 in West Ham and had 11 children. Grandad died in 1965.
His brother Christopher Edward Jones also served in the Great War but sadly was killed 26th October 1914. He was with the 2nd Btn Border Regiment. His wife and son are in the picture also grandmother(wife of Alfred) and his 2 children. Christopher Edward Jones is remembered at the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
2125362nd Lt. Alfred Reginald Brabazon Jones
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:England
261863Sgt. Alfred Jones MM
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Wrexham, Denbighshire
(d.30th Jan 1919)
263533Pte. Alfred Richard Jones
British Army 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers
from:Six Bells, Abertillery, Monmouthshire
(d.16th February 1917)
My great grandfather, Alfred Jones, died from his wounds received in action on 16th of February 1917 during the campaign in Mesopotamia. He had been a coal miner in the south Wales valleys as stated on the 1911 census. Therefore, we must assume he volunteered to fight. He is buried in the Amara War Cemetery in modern day Iraq. Amara is a town on the left bank of the Tigris some 520 kilometres from the sea. The War Cemetery is a little east of the town between the left bank of the river and the Chahaila Canal.
Amara was occupied by the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force on 3rs of June 1915 and it immediately became a hospital centre. Amara War Cemetery contains 4,621 burials of the First World War, more than 3,000 of which were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice. 925 of the graves are unidentified.
In 1933, all of the headstones were removed from this cemetery when it was discovered that salts in the soil were causing them to deteriorate. Instead a screen wall was erected with the names of those buried in the cemetery engraved upon it. The cemetery is currently in a very bad state but the CWGC is unable to access it at this time.
300266Pte. Andrew Jones
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th DLI and 20th DLI
226764L/Cpl. Andrew Jones
Canadian Expeditionary Force 15th Btn. Division (Infantry)
L/Cpl Jones was a prisoner in Beienrode POW Camp.
238863Pnr. Andrew Jones
British Army 12th Labour Btn. Royal Engineers
(d.24th June 1916)
Pioneer Jones was the brother of P. Jones of Upper Jail St., Ennis, Co. Clare.
He is buried near the south boundary of the Ennis (Clare Abbey) Cemetery, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland.
238635Gnr. Archibald Mariner Jones
British Army 32nd Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Abergavenny
(d.17th August 1917)
237823Gnr. Archibald Mariner Jones
British Army 32nd Trench Mortar Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Abergavenny
(d.17th Aug 1917)
878Pte. Arthur Jones
Australian Imperial Forces 36th Btn.
from:70, Macquarie St., Merewether, New South Wales
(d.10th Jun 1917)
207658Pte. Arthur Jones
Australian Imperial Force 33rd Battalion
from:Barraba, NSW
Arthur was the eldest son of Alfred Singleton Jones a 4th generation Australian, descended from convicts William Jones and Mary-Ann Sullivan. He was 1 of 9 children.
He was wounded three times during the war, the last on September 30 1918, just days before the AIF's final withdrawal. All three injuries were to the left thigh, the final one leading to an amputation.
He moved to Sydney on the 1930's and set up home with his wife in Legge St., Lakemba until his passing in 1965.
220846Pte. Arthur Jones
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
(d.16th Jun 1915)
Arthur Jones was my husband's Great Uncle. He landed in March, and died aged 19 three months later. He was the son of John and Hannah Jones, of 79 Victoria Street, Northwood, Henley, Stoke-on-Trent. He died during the Battle of Bellewaarde, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
222968Sgt. Arthur Thomas "Jo" Jones MM & Bar.
British Army 6th Btn. Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry
Born in Oxen 1896, my Father, Arthur Jones was badly wounded in the last period of 1917 possibly winning the bar for his MM (gazetted 9/12/1916)& 12/11/1917) and was hospitalized. He was given a silver shoulder blade, and once fit enough, returned to light duties as a prisoner of war guard. We know at the end of the war (or sooner) he joined the Labour Corps as a Sergeant with the Army number 443711. He ended his service as a Quarter Master Sergeant in 1921.
We are trying to find out more details of which hospital, where and with what type of wounds? where he went next, When he joined the Corps and where did he serve, plus the date of de-mob.
To end the story he re-enlisted in the RAF in 1922 as a Sergeant 351512 and served through-out the Second World War & was awarded the MBE in 1942, retiring in 1951 as a Wing Commander. He died on 12th of July 1972
226833Cpl. Arthur Frank Jones
British Army 8th Btn. Devonshire Regiment
(d.4th October 1917)
Arthur Jones died at the age of 21 at the Battle of Broodseinde.
227825Pte. Arthur Reginald Jones
British Army 10th Battalion South Wales Borderers
from:20 Bridge Street, Abertillery
(d.8th October 1918)
Arthur Jones served with the 10th Battalion, South Wales Borderers
234102Pte. Arthur Ernest Jones
British Army 8th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancasters) Regiment
from:Newton, Manchester
(d.2nd Mar 1916)
242081Pte. Arthur Rowland Jones
British Army 23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Porth, South Wales
(d.17th Apr 1918)
Arthur Jones is a long lost member of the family now found.
256959Pte. Arthur Inkerman Jones
British Army 5th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:58 Hatherly Road, Reading, Berks
(d.8th Mar 1918)
Arthur Jones was born in 1889 in Drayton, Berkshire one of a family of 8, he was the third eldest son. His two brothers both served in WW1, George was in the 3rd Battalion of the Berkshire Regiment. He died from an illness in Reading while still in training. His other brother Hubert served with The Royal Garrison Artillery and survived the war.
Arthur joined the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1917 and left for the Western front. He was sent to Fleubaix North East of Lille. On the 8th of March 1918 he was killed in action. He is buried at Rue Petillion Military Cemetery, Fleubaix.
234617L/Cpl. Benjamin Jones
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Northop Hall
(d.23rd March 1918)
223725Pte. Bert Jones
British Army 9th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Stourbridge
(d.14th Sept 1918)
232722Sgt. C. Jones
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Liverpool
C Jones was wounded in October 1916
248106Pte. Cephas Jones
British Army 6th Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
from:Chadderton
(d.25th August 1915)
Cephas Jones of the 6th Battalion, Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment was killed in action on 25th of August 1915 in the last offensive mounted by the British at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli in the Battle of Scimitar Hill. He was never recovered and has no known grave.
219727L/Cpl. Charles Frederick Jones
British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Eynesbury st Neots
(d.15th Jun 1918)
Charles Frederick Jones was my great uncle on my Dad's side. I have been researching his life although very short, he died aged 28 on 15th June 1918, for a few years now. He served with 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. I am in possession of his war medals and death plaque. I also have made contact with the MOD for information, I have no photos of him and I would love to see what he looks like but I'm not sure where to look. My search started with a soldiers bible and his name and number no one spoke about him at all. Thanks for the chance to name him.
233690Gnr. Charles Reginald Jones
British Army 161st Bgde., "B" Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.20th October 1918)
241826Sgt. Charles Jones
British Army 24th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Ruabon
(d.27th August 1918)
Charles Jones was born in 1881. He died on 27th August 1918, listed as died in action. He left a wife and three children - two boys and a girl. The girl, named Hilda, is my grandmother.
1205515Pte. Christopher Edward Jones
British Army 2nd Btn. Border Regiment
from:59, Granleigh Rd., Leytonstone, London.
(d.26th Oct 1914)
My Grandad's brother Christopher Edward Jones also served in the Great War but sadly was killed 26th October 1914. He was with the 2nd Btn Border Regiment. His wife Rosina and son are in the picture also grandmother (wife of Alfred) and his 2 children. Christopher Edward Jones is remembered at the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
220851Pte. Claude Saul Jones
British Army 9th Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
from:48a The Woodlands, Birkenhead
(d.7th June 1917)
233647Pte. Cyril Frank Vivian Jones
British Army 7th Btn. East Kent Regiment
from:Arundel
(d.30th Sep 1916)
CyrilJones was my uncle and his death had a devastating effect on the family. His mother went mad and my father had to take over the family business for which he was ill-equipped. My mother used to use the expression "steady the Buffs" to settle us if we were too excited - now I know where it comes from.
222574Pte Daniel Jones
British Army 9th Battalion, C Coy. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Corwen
(d.28th Jun 1918)
Daniel Jones died through starvation in a Prisoner of War Camp in Parchim, Germany. He was my uncle.
248228Pte. Daniel "Jonah" Jones
British Army 1st Btn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Rhosllanerchrugog, Wrexham
Daniel Jones was injured on the 29th of September 1917 whilst serving in a front line trench in Lens, France, and endured many months of tortuous treatments, no doubt with rudimentary anaesthetics and no antibiotics. By some miracle he kept his left leg, but was discharged as being "Permanently unfit for war service of any kind". He received a Silver War Badge, The War medal and a Victory Medal. He went on to marry and have 2 sons, one who is still alive, 04-05-2018, and approaching 90. Daniel worked in the Marchweil Munitions Factory during the second world war as a cloakroom attendant.
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