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PO. John Newton Jones
Royal Navy HMS Pigeon
from:Wales
John Jones served on the HMS Pigeon, and was instrumental in the rescue of more than 800 US troops after the sinking of the Troop Transport SS Tuscania in early 1918 after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk. Jones lowered a whaler and organized and commanded lifeboats during the rescue. For this he was awarded a medal by the Tuscania Survivor's Assocation in 1934, the 4th and final recipient of this award. The first 3 awards were made to the 3 ship's Captains that responded, the last to Jones, 3 years later. Jones was from Wales, and emigrated to the US in the 1930's, eventually serving in WWII in the US Merchant Marine.

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