JAYNES Edward

  • First Name(s):
    Edward 
  • Surname:
    JAYNES
  • Service Number:
    325318
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Regiment:
    1st/1st Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    10th December 1916
  • Age At Death:
    48
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave Angora Memorial 95.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Thomas Jaynes; husband of Gertrude Beatrice Jaynes, 14 Summer St., Barbourne, Worcester

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JAYNES Edward Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars
Worcester St Stephen’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars surname spelt Jeynes with the information Corporal S.S.

Further Information About JAYNES Edward

Surname Spelt Jaynes on Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Shoeing Smith E. Jeynes 1st/1st Worcester Yeomanry, embarked at Avonmouth 9th April 1915 for service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on 24th April 1915.  Died at Angora 10th December 1916, Prisoner of War.

Source for additional information: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1914 – 1922.

A photograph of Farrier Sergeant E. Jaynes can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 13th May 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The following information has been researched by Geoff Hill:
1901 Census
Earls Croome
Edward Jaynes, aged 32, blacksmith
At same address: wife (Gertrude) and niece (Gertrude Etheridge)

The Medal Roll Index Card for Edward Jaynes record that he entered active service in April 1915 in Egypt. Rank given as Corporal of Horse.

After withdrawal from Gallipoli in January 1916, the 1st/1st Worcestershire Hussars were sent to Egypt to protect the eastern side of the Suez Canal. In August 1916, together with Anzac regiments, the regiment was tasked to force back some 48,000 Turkish forces from Romani, a strategically important and fortified watering hole which was identified as the Turkish base for a major attack on the Suez Canal.

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