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CQMS. William Jones
British Army 1st Btn., H Coy. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.25th April 1915)
Pte. William Jones
British Army 5th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:Penmaenmawr
CQSM. William Jones
British Army 1st Btn. H Coy. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Folkstone
(d.24th April 1915)
William Jones was my grandfather, who lost his life serving with H company, 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He had a daughter that he never knew.
William Selwyn Jones
British Army 251st Tunneling Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Cardiff
We never knew what William Jones did until we found his Service Record at Kew. When I told my mother, his daughter said "now I know why he woke up shouting he could hear the Germans talking".
Pte. William Jones
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:Glanrafon, Bodwrog, Anglesey, Wales
(d.25th Apr 1916)
William Jones was born in 1891 Glanrafon, Bodwrog, Anglesey, Wales, he was christened 16th March 1891 at Bodwrog, son of Robert Jones a farm labourer and Ann nee Harris.
William enlisted at Llangefni, Anglesey and joined the 8th Royal Welch Fusiliers He died of wounds on Tuesday 25th of April 1916 in Iraq, aged 25. He is buried at Amara War Cemetery at Maysan, Iraq.
We only found out about William when looking into the death of his youngest brother, Private Owen Jones, 10th Btn., R.W.F., Reg. No. 44349, (Born 1897) who died 27th of June 1917 in the General Hospital Etaples, France. Their mother Ann Jones nee Harris, aged 66, was on the WWI Pension Ledgers making an application for an increase, dated 28th April 1921, for both her deceased sons William and Owen Jones. Ann was still living at 1 Tainewydd, Glanrafon, near Llangefni, Anglesey which was the family home address given on Owen Jones Army Records dated 19th Sept. 1919.
CQSM. William Jones
British Army 1st Btn. H Coy. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Folkstone
(d.25th Apr 1915)
Pte. William Jones
British Army 1/5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:22 Henierretta St., Salford
Bill Jones was taken prisoner in Nov 1917 with a bullet wound to his right arm. He was sent to Celle POW Camp. Whilst there he was bayoneted for fighting outside the cookhouse. Sorry I have no further information.
L/Cpl. William Henery Jones
British Army 4th Btn. King's Regiment (Liverpool)
from:Liverpool
(d.17th Apr 1918)
Lt.Col. Lloyd Newton Jones-Bateman CMO.
British Army 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment
(d.25th July 1917)
Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd Jones-Bateman CMO. served with 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Capt. George Francis Jones-Williams MiD.
British Army 20th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
George Jones-Williams was the son of wealthy landowner Thomas Jones-Williams. Commissioned in 1915 with the 20th Royal Fusiliers, he saw active service in France and received an Mention in Despatches for his gallant conduct.
Pte. Bror Edward Gunna Jonsson
British Army 53rd Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Woodside Cottage, Maisemary Rd., Tatsfield
Pte. Reginald G. Jopling
British Army 9th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Low Fell
(d.5th Nov 1916)
My Great Uncle, Reginald Jopling was missing presumed killed after the assault on Butte de Warlencourt, 5th November 1916. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. I wish I knew more.
Pte. T. Jopling
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Alexander Jordan
British Army 10th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Charlton
(d.4th April 1917)
Alexander Jordan was my grandfather's brother. Unknown to me, I gave my eldest son a middle name of Alexander. We visited his grave in 2015.
Pte. Edward James Jordan
British Army 8th Btn. Border Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancs
(d.8th Nov 1918)
Edward James Jordan served with the 8th Battalion, Border Regiment during WW1 and died as a Prisoner of War on the 8th November 1918, aged 27. He is buried in the Berlin South-Western Cemetery in Germany. He was the son of Edward and Chartlotte Jordan. Husband of Annie Jordan, of 54, Milton St. Burnley.
Pte. Edward James Jordan
British Army 8th Btn. Border Regiment
from:Burnley
(d.8th Nov 1918)
Edward James Jordan died as a Prisoner of War on 8th of November 1918, aged 27. Buried in the Berlin South Western Cemetery in Germany, he was the son of Edward and Chartlotte Jordan, husband of Annie Jordan, of 54 Milton St. Burnley.
Pte. Frederick John Jordan
British Army 2nd Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Deal Kent
(d.27th May 1918)
Frederick John Jordan was born in Deal, Kent on 27th January 1881 to John Jordan and Georgina Emily nee Lane. In 1909 he married Ellen Frances Selth "Nellie". In the 1911 census he is aged 30 and an assistant grocer living at 5 Robert, Street, Deal with his wife (26).
He was killed in action and his final resting place is unknown. His Name is listed on the Soissons Memorial, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France.
His younger brother, Walter Henry, was also one of the fallen.
Mechn. Herbert Henry Jordan
Royal Navy HMS Ajax
from:Canning Town, West Ham, London
(d.5th May 1944)
Herbert Jordan, who was my Great Grandfather on my mothers side, he fought in WW1 and was re-called at the start of WW2 after already doing 20 years service. He served on HMS Ajax, HMS Nile, HMS Rennet, HMS Barnet and HMS Pembroke.
He died after falling into the hold on HMS Pembroke whilst it was docked in Alexandria, Egypt. He was sent home for an operation on an abscess behind his ear which unfortunately went badly and he died on the operating table when my grandmother was just 14.
Pte. J. J. Jordan
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
J Jordan was discharged, Inefficient
Pte James Henry Jordan MM.
British Army 7th Btn Suffolk Regiment
from:Ipswich
Jim Jordan joined the 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment in 1907 at the age of 19. He was quickly posted to Malta, where he learned his trade of tailor. After Malta came Khartoum and Egypt. The Battalion arrived back in England in November 1914, and set foot in France in February 1915, where they took part in the Second Battle of Ypres and later that year the Battle of Loos. My grandfather was wounded three times during the war but we do not know when. We only know that after the war he was left with shrapnel embedded in his shoulder. The first occasion must have taken him out of action when the 1st Battalion left for Salonika in November 1915 and we assume then he went into the Second Battalion, and later into the 7th. He was with the 7th Battalion when he received his Military Medal (London Gazette, October 1917). On 28th November, following the Battle of Cambrai, when the use of tanks helped break through the Hindenburg Line, he and some comrades were captured. Jim spent the rest of the war at Dulmen Camp. He had four brothers on active service, one in the Navy (who served on the Royal Oak at the Battle of Jutland), and three in the Army. Unfortunately, Jim died in 1932 at the age of 44.
Pte. Joseph Jordan MM
British Army 1/8th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Campbeltown, Argyll
(d.23rd March 1917)
Pte. Lawrence Jordan
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Dublin
(d.23rd July 1916)
Lawrence Jordan was born at St Catherine's Dublin in 1896. He served and died with the 14th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was killed in action in Battle of the Somme on 23rd July 1916.
CQMS. Leopold John Jordan
British Army 6th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Chippenham
(d.4th November 1916)
Leo Jordan was among those killed in the Battle of the Somme. His name appears on the Thiepval Monument in France as well as on the Cenotaph in his hometown of Chippenham. He was a beloved son, brother and uncle. He was known to have won several awards for shooting prior to the war.
Cpl. Michael Jordan
British Army 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dublin, Ireland
(d.10th Aug 1915)
Michael Jordan was killed in the Gallipoli Campaign, one month after he was married. He was aged 30.
L/Cpl. Percy Seymour Dobbs Jordan
British Army 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Lydney
(d.16th June 1916)
A Grocers Assistant from High Street in Lydney before WW1, my Great Uncle, Percy Jordan, volunteered for service at the age of 21. Cast into service with the 10th Battalion Gloucester Regiment.
Awarded the 1914 Star, he would have fought at Loos in Oct 1915, and survived that battle only to be cut down by enemy shell fire in June 1916, during skirmishes after a British mine had been blown on the Double Crassier overlooking Loos village.
I wasn't aware of his existence until a few years ago, when his younger sister, my grandmother, passed away, and his medals and associated paperwork were discovered in a plastic bag at the back of a wardrobe in her house. From those, we were able to piece together what little info we now know. His name is inscribed in Lydney Parish Church and also on the Towns War Memorial. Although I never knew him, I am immensely proud of what he did, volunteering his services and paying the ultimate sacrifice. We should never forget..
L/Cpl. Squire Jordan
British Army 3rd Btn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Clitheroe
(d.10th May 1915)
Squire Jordan was my Grandad's brother. My Grandad William had arrived in France with the Scots Guards and they hoped to meet up because they hadn't seen one another since Squire joined up as a regular. We have a copy of a letter from Squire dated 23rd of April 1915 where he described himself 'as well as can be expected'. He was killed on the 10th of May 1915 never having the chance to see his little brother one last time.
Pte. Thomas Jordan
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Swalwell
Pte. Thomas Jordan
British Army
from:Trafalger St, Chorey
(d.26th July 1918)
Thomas Jordan lost his life on the 26th of July 1918.
Pte. Walter Henry Jordan
British Army 6th Btn The East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
from:Deal
(d.7th Oct 1916)
Walter Henry Jordan was born in Deal, Kent on 15 Nov 1894 to John and Georgina Emily Jordan. Ancestry records show him on the 1911 census living at No 17 Griffin St, Deal, Kent. He is a Confectioner's Errand Boy. His father is dead by this date. Other family members are Georgina Emily Jordan (50), Percy Jordan (25), Arthur Jordan (19), Florence Jordan (18), Charlie Jordan (20) Harry Jordan (15), Daisy Jordan (13) and Grove Ralph Norris (56).
He enlisted in to the Buffs at Sandwich, Kent and joined the regiment at Canterbury on 1/11/1915. He was small in stature at 5'4" tall with a chest measurement of 34" fully expanded. His religion is given as Congregational. He was killed in action at The Somme on 7 Oct 1916 in the Battle of Le Transloy and his mother, by then Mrs GE Norris, 144 Middle St, Deal, acknowledged receipt of his medals. Walter is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. Walter Stanley Jordan
British Army East Kent Regiment
Piecing together details of my grandfather Walter Jordan's service with the East Kent Regiment, he served in India, where he was shot in the shoulder and returned to England to recover. While waiting transport, he trained as a groundsman. He landed at Basra and moved up to Baghdad where he used his groundsman skills to grow food for the city. He returned to Margate and got a job as a keeper at a country estate. The tied cottage is now known as Jordan Cottage. My mother and her six elder siblings were born there, they moved to Filton, Bristol during WW2 and Walter died in 1975. I remember that every Sunday, he would polish his Christmas 1914 brass tin, along with his three WW1 medals and his WW2 Home Defence Medal.
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