Jones Corporal Acting Serjeant 11959
Info
Surname | Jones |
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Forename | Robert Edward |
Rank | Corporal Acting Serjeant |
Army No | 11959 |
Battalion | 1st |
Commissioned | Not set |
Date Of Wounds | Not set |
Wounds | |
Died Killed | Not set |
Death Details | |
Enlisted Date | Not set |
Enlisted Location | |
Date Of Birth | Not set |
Birth Place | Oxford |
Residence | |
Discharged | Not set |
Theatre Of War | France |
Date Of Entry | 1914-11-05 |
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Other Info | He was born in Oxford. Served in WW1 together with his brother Harry Jones. When marching through Ypres he was informed his brother Harry died of his wounds. In WW1 he was wounded and returned to the front three times. He also served in India from 1920 and took his wife Eden and baby daugher Evelyn (Marilyn Mashford's mother) with him. His other daughter Winifred was born in Ranikhet in 1922. Robert Jones died in 1949 of TB at Maker in SE Cornwall near Plymouth. |
Assignments
1st Worcestershire Regiment 11959 Lance Corporal |
1st Worcestershire Regiment 73414 Acting Serjeant |
3rd Worcestershire Regiment 5241503 Serjeant |
Service Awards
The British War Medal |
The 1914 Star |
The Allied Victory Medal |
Clasp to the 1914 Star |
Gallantry Awards & Honors
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No results found. |
Foreign Decorations & Awards
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No results found. |
Royal Flying Corps
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