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Name Edmund Jones
Regiment 1st/5th Welsh Regiment (previously the 2nd Bn RWF)
Service Rank and Number Private 2122
Military Cemetery/Memorial Helles Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 140 to 144
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Turkey
Medals Awarded The Victory, British war and 1915 Star but before WW1 he was awarded the 1900 China medal (A British Campaign medal awarded to troops who fought in the 'Boxer' rebellion of 1900 in China)
Date and Circumstances of Death Died in the Dardanelles 10th August 1915 aged 39
Biographical Details Known He was the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Jones of 38 Pownalls Row, Maes y Dre, Mold. His Flintshire Roll of Honour card bears the name B C Jones. The newspaper cutting below tells us that he was a married man who lived at Maes y Dre. His brother, Benjamen Jones was also serving in Gallipoli when he received a severe injury.
Regiment 1st/5th Welsh Regiment (previously the 2nd Bn RWF)
Service Rank and Number Private 2122
Military Cemetery/Memorial Helles Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 140 to 144
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Turkey
Medals Awarded The Victory, British war and 1915 Star but before WW1 he was awarded the 1900 China medal (A British Campaign medal awarded to troops who fought in the 'Boxer' rebellion of 1900 in China)
Date and Circumstances of Death Died in the Dardanelles 10th August 1915 aged 39
Biographical Details Known He was the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Jones of 38 Pownalls Row, Maes y Dre, Mold. His Flintshire Roll of Honour card bears the name B C Jones. The newspaper cutting below tells us that he was a married man who lived at Maes y Dre. His brother, Benjamen Jones was also serving in Gallipoli when he received a severe injury.
County Herald 3rd September 1915