Info

SurnameJones
ForenameRobert Edward
RankCorporal Acting Serjeant
Army No11959
Battalion1st
CommissionedNot set
Date Of WoundsNot set
Wounds
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Death Details
Enlisted DateNot set
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Date Of BirthNot set
Birth PlaceOxford
Residence
DischargedNot set
Theatre Of WarFrance
Date Of Entry1914-11-05
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Surname Spellings
Other InfoHe 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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Foreign Decorations & Awards

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Royal Flying Corps

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