JONES John Edmund

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Edmund 
  • Surname:
    JONES
  • Service Number:
    850300
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    21st November 1918
  • Age At Death:
    29
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Etaples Military Cemetery, France, Grave L. F. 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John Edmund and Emma Jones, of Brotheridge Green, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire

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JONES John Edmund Is Named On These Memorials

Hook Chapel of the Good Shepherd WW1 Memorial
Upton on Severn Memorial Hall
Upton on Severn St Peter and St Paul’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Hook Chapel of the Good Shepherd WW1 Memorial with the information: Pte. Princess Patricia’s C.L.I. Died, Nov 21st 1918. Aged 29.
Upton on Severn Memorial Hall with the information: Pte

Further Information About JONES John Edmund

John Jones enlisted in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force 17th March 1916 at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada as John Edward Jones. On his attestation paper he gave his date of birth as 5th September 1889 in Hook Common, Worcester, England, his occupation as a carpenter and his next of kin as Mrs Emma Jones, Hook Common, Worcestershire, England. He had 1 years’ previous military experience with the 91st Canadian Highlanders. John was 5ft 4½ins tall with brown eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion.

National Archives of Canada Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4946 – 2

The Canada War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) records the following information on Private John Edmund/Edward Jones:
“Died of Wounds.” (Gas shell wounds, and Broncho-pneumonia.) At No. 18 General Hospital, Camiers.

The birth of John Edmund Jones is registered in the September Quarter 1889 under the Upton on Severn Registration District.

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