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217958 Cpl. Dennis Jones Military Medal British Army 5th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry from:Priorslee, Shropshire Dennis Jones was my grandfather. He served with the King's Shropshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery at the battle for Deville Wood, on The Somme in July 1916. He was a machine-gunner and together with two other soldiers he was manning a post that during the battle, because of the enemy advance, came to be behind enemy lines. For three days these soldiers were posted as 'missing presumed dead', but not only did my grandfather get himself and his comrades back to his battalion, he also managed to bring back their complete machine gun. He was awarded the Military Medal and promoted to sergeant. He was later seconded to another battalion and also saw action in Egypt. Dennis Jones survived WW1 and also served again in WW2. In peacetime he became a blast-furnace foreman, working for a local steel company. He died in 1964 Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**