263558 Fus. William Herbert Jones British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers from:Welshpool Bill Jones enlisted on 18th February 1943, aged 19, and embarked for India on 24th/25th October 1943. Upon disembarkation in Bombay on 14th December 1943, he was Taken On Strength of 2 Wing, GHQ Base Reinforcement Camp in Deolali, India. On 10th February 1944, he entered the theatre of operations in Burma.
On 6th February 1946, he embarked in India for Japan where he disembarked on 2nd March 1946 and became part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) until PYTHON leave on 20th October 1946.
Service records show 6 instances of being admitted to various medical units, one being the 15 MFTU with malaria. These records also show 2 temporary promotions to Lance Corporal and subsequently to Corporal. On 6th November 1946, he embarked the Empress of Australia troopship at Kure in Japan and disembarked in the UK on 15th December 1946. On 19th March 1947, he was Struck Off Strength (SOS) and posted to No 11 CMD Aldershot. A short time later, on 27th March 1947, he was posted to Wrexham and then 6 months later transferred to Territorial Army Reserves.
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