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Padre. Thomas Glasfryn Jones
British Army att. 11th South Wales Borderers Army Chaplains Department
from:Llangeitho, Cardiganshire
(d.12th April 1917)
Pte. Thomas Alfred Jones
British Army 7th Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Tyldesley
Pte. Thomas Owen Jones
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Denbigh
(d.27th Aug 1918)
Thomas Owen was the son of William Owen Jones and Sarah Jones of llysfryn, Denbigh.
Pte. Thomas William Jones
British Army 13th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Denbigh
(d.10th October 1916)
Pte. Thomas Hari Jones
British Army 19th Battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Montgomery, Powys
(d.5th July 1916)
Pte. Thomas William Jones
British Army 20th Btn., D Coy., 14th Platoon Lancashire Fusiliers
from:34 York St, Crawshawbooth, Lancs
Born in Rossendale in August 1898, my grandfather Thomas William Jones enlisted in the 4th Salfords on 22nd June 1915, giving his age as 19 years and 2 months, (he was actually 16 years and 10 months). My mother knew that he had served in WW1 but nothing more, as men of his generation never spoke about it. I think he enlisted in the bantams because of his small size at that age, probably thinking he would get away with it, which he did.
He fought in all the major battles, The Somme, Ypres, Passchaendale, being wounded twice, the first time on 22nd October 1917 during the attack on Houthulst Wood and the second time on 10th August 1918 during the advance along the Amiens-Roye road.
In August 1916 his father John Jones wrote to the battalion in an attempt to have Thomas removed from the front line as he was not yet 19 years of age even offering to pay, but I doubt that with his poor background it was unlikely he could afford to. Thomas William transferred to the 15th battalion when the 20th was disbanded and remained with them until 1919. After the war he married and had two daughters. He served in the Home Guard in WW2. He died in 1958.
Pte. Thomas Lloyd Jones
British Army 2nd Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Wrexham
(d.30.10.1972)
My grandfather never spoke of his time during WW1. He was honorably discharged on 15th of January 1919. Thomas Jones was gassed and spent months in a hospital in Birmingham. We have his diaries from his last battle. We also have his discharge certificate and medal records.
Diary Enties.
- 30th. January Discharge from hospital for convalescent camp.
- 22nd.February left Bayexu for base.
- 23rd February Arrived Rouen 9.0am proceded to C E B D.
- 26th.February Left Rouen for Rein Depot.
- 27th.February Left depot via Bologne Calais & St. Omer
- 6th. March Placed to do Pioneers work at camp.
- 27th.March Left camp for unit. Arrived at 3pm.
- 28th. March Fatigue at Weiltye.
- 29th.March Fatigue at Krownfring.
- 30th.March Moved from Red Rose camp to junction camp.
- 2nd.April Moved from junction camp for Brake camp sick.
- 8th. April Left Brake camp for Road Camp
- 9th. April Left Road camp for Merville
- 10th.April Arrived at Merville 7am. Went up line and dug a support trench.
- 11th. April Division in front of us retired. Enemy held up by us but broke through on our left, nearly cut us off. Unable to shell us he bombed us out of the trench. Arrived at 17 CCS.
- 12th.April Left 17 CCS in (?Us30AJ) for Camaet arrived in afternoon. Placed in ward (F7) 22nd. Can Gen.
- 13th.April Marked Blighty by Doctor.
- 14th.April .Moved to F3.
- 15th.April Removed by ATX1 arrived at Calais in afternoon. Crossed over to Dover by (?saotia) Left Dover for Birmingham.
- 16th.April Arrived Birmingham 3.00am.
- 18th.April In afternoon visited Uncle and Aunt down town. Interview with specialist.
- 20th.April Removed from G to B Block.
- 4th. May Jack and Auntie Sarah came over to Birmingham.
- 8th. May Letter from Dad.
Pte. Thomas Jones
British Army 18th (2nd Glamorgan) Btn. Welch Regiment
from:Pontardawe, Swansea
(d.23rd Nov 1917)
Thomas Jones fought in the battle of the Somme. Later his division took part in the battle of Cambrai. On 23rd of November 1917 he fought in Bourlon Wood where he was killed in heavy fighting. The 21 year old has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial in Louveral, France.
Pte. W M Jones
British Army Cheshire Regiment
My mother died last year, November 2016, and in her effects were various medals relating to my father and an odd solid silver WW1 medal inscribed on the rim: 38338 Pte W M Jones Cheshire. This may relate to her Uncle Will Jones. I am attempting to verify.
Pte. W. Jones
British Army 51st Btn. Machine Gun Corps
My Grandfather W. Jones served with the 51st Machine Gun Battalion
Pte. W. Jones
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(d.25th Oct 1917)
Private W Jones served with the 9th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiiers during WW1. He was executed for desertion on the 25th October 1917 and is buried in Locre Hospice Cemetery in Belgium
Pte. W. Jones
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Dunston
Pte. W. Jones
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
W Jones took part in the trench raid on the nigh of the 5th-6th of June 1916. He was wounded in December 1916
Pte. Wallace John Jones
British Army 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Thorverton
(d.2nd Sep 1918)
Gnr. Wallace Jones
British Army D Battery, 64th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
(d.17th Oct 1917)
Wallace Jones was my great uncle who went off to war never to return home to Awre in Gloucestershire.
Pte. Walter William Jones
British Army 2nd Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:London
(d.10th March 1915)
Walter William Jones was born in Southwark in 1888. His family moved to West Ham in the early 1900s. All I know about him is from research and the bronze "Widow's Penny" given to me by my late father when he was 90 years old in 1996 and I was told that this was my grandfather. This was the first I had heard of him.
Walter William was in India in 1911 at the time of the Census with the 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, his service number was 641 at this time.
I am not sure where he was between 1911 and 1914 but by then he had joined the 2nd Battalion (service number 8383). I believe that the 2nd Battalion were in Bermuda in 1914. They left Bermuda in August 1914 for Halifax, Nova Scotia then on to England on 3rd October 1914, arriving in France - landing at Le Havre - on 6th November 1914. The 2nd Lincolns were attached to the 25th Brigade, 8th Division.
I presume he was a regular soldier by now as I have read that the 2nd Battalion were mainly regulars.
He was killed at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle on 10th March 1915. He has no known grave and is listed on the War Memorial at Le Touret Military Cemetery.
Wilfred Jones
British Army
from:Rhosymedre, Wrexham
My grandfather, Wilfred Jones served in WW1 and the family some have recollections that he fought at the Somme, but we do not know his service number or which regiment he served with. He survived the war but did not speak about it and we have no medals or artifacts to research. I know that he was probably only 15 at the start of the war but I know that many young men who signed up were under-age.
I have searched records but could not find my grandad. The problem is that there seems to be lots of Wilfred Joneses. How can I best find him without having to shell out large sums of money on a speculative basis. Can anyone help?
L/Cpl William Jones
British Army 2nd Btn. London Regiment
from:Rogerstone, Newport.
I found an honourable discharge certificate for my Grandfather, William Jones, from WW1 and wanted then to trace his war record. I discovered he was gassed on the Somme. He had enlisted 12th Jan 1915 and was discharged 12 Dec 1916. He was always in the Territorials and after the war he remained very active in the Territorials in his home village and always led the march proudly each year on 11/11 with his baton. I visited the Somme in June and it appears his regiment fought in the battle for High Wood in 1916 but I would like to know if this was where he would have been gassed. He never talked about his experiences so his family of 5 children know nothing about what happened to him during the war before he was gassed.
Pte. William Ernest Jones
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.3rd May 1917)
Signalman William James Jones
Royal Navy HMS Bergamot
William Jones was a Signalman on HMS Bergamot. Her Captain, from commissioning to sinking, was Lieut-Commander Percy Tennyson Perkins, RNR. The ship suffered 14 casualties when torpedoed by U-84. These were:
- Mather, Ernest, O.S., J 57500.
- Francis, George W., Cook's Mate, M 25094.
- Silvester, William E., Stoker 1c, K 4986.
- Caplin, Frank, L/Stoker, K 7087.
- Letouze, Franck C., C.E.R.A., RNR, E A 1469.
- Collingham, David A., Stoker 1c, K 28401.
- Harding, Wallace, P.O. 1c, 173203.
- Dyer, Richard E., Stoker 1c, K 28742.
- Glasson, William E., Officers' Steward 2c, L 6890.
- Morton, William, C.P.O., 173885.
- Stevenson, John, TY/LT, RNR.
- Allen, Philip H., A.B., J 23773.
- Allen, John A.C., Engineer S/LT, RNR.
- Turner, George W., TY/Paymaster (acting).
Stoker William Valentine "Ginger" Jones
Royal Navy HMS Anchusa
from:Devonport
(d.16th July 1918)
William Jones was my grandfather. He served on HMS Anchusa in WWI and was blown up by a U Boat. My mother, his daughter, used to tell me about him and how proud she was of him. I wish I could have known him, but I feel honoured to be his grandaughter and would love to know more of what happened on that sad day.
Pte. William Edward Jones
British Army 9th Btn. Black Watch
from:Isle of Sheppey
(d.15th Sep 1918)
My grandfather, William Jones, died of wounds two weeks after my mother was born. She had no knowledge of him at all as her mother never discussed him. Following a search via Ancestry and the little knowledge we have, we found him. I have learnt that he was in 9th Battalion The Black Watch, who were in action when part of the 47 Brigade deployed in the Annequin Defence System of the Hohenzollern Sector. They raided their German trenches on 2nd September, 31 were killed and a number injured, he was one of these. He is buried in Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetary Extension grave reference N22
I shall endeavour to find out from Major Ronnie Proctor MBE of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) Association to the precise action prior to 2nd September 1918 that he was involved in. The 9th were formed in Perth 13th September 1914 as part of K2 under command of 44th Brigade. I have photos of family members but I do not know who they are, no one remains who would know.
Gnr. William Jones
British Army 43rd Btry. Royal Field Artillery
(d.20th Apr 1915)
William Jones served with 43rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. He was executed for desertion on 20th April 1915 and is buried in La Chapelle-d'Armentieres Communal Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, France .
Pte. William Jones
British Army 8th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Oldbury, Worcestershire
(d.20th Sep 1917)
William Jones was the son of Maria Reeves and Isaiah Jones and the brother of Elizabeth, Lucy and Sarah Jones. He returned to England after emigrating to Detroit, Michigan, USA to enlist in the army. May he rest in peace.
Pte. William Harold Jones
British Army 18th Btn West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.1st July 1916)
William Harold Jones was the son of Robert and Sarah Jones of Penbrynbach, Llanrhaeadr, Denbs.
Able Sea. William Henry Jones
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve SS Royston Grange.
from:Troedyrhiwr, Glam.
(d.10th Nov 1918)
William Jones was the son of Mrs. Sarah Jones, of 13, Tydfil Terrace, Troedyrhiwr, Glam. He was 29 when he died and is buried in the Buenos Aires (Chacarita) British Cemetery in Argentina.
Sgt William Jones
British Army 2nd Btn Welsh Regiment
from:Cardiff
Pte. William Hazzelby Jones
British Army 23rd Btn., C Coy. Welsh Regiment
from:8 Princess St., Aberystwyth.
(d.1st Dec 1916)
William Jones died of malaria and is buried in Lahana Military Cemetery, Thessaloniki, Greece. His wife was Elizabeth Jones.
Pte. William Arthur Jones
British Army 17th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(d.18th April 1916)
Gnr. William Henry Jones
British Army 15th Coy. Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.27th February 1917)
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