JONES Cecil George

  • First Name(s):
    Cecil 
    George 
  • Surname:
    JONES
  • Service Number:
    49594
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Machine Gun Corps
  • Regiment:
    Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 783, West Somerset Yeomanry.
  • Date of Death:
    Unknown
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Unknown
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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JONES Cecil George Is Named On These Memorials

Bushley St Peter’s Church

Further Information About JONES Cecil George

Additional information on the Roll of Service: Pte

Cecil Jones was born in Twyning, Gloucestershire in 1897.  In 1911, aged 13, he was living with his parents George and Ellen Jones and his 2 younger brothers at Church End, Bushley.

The Bushley, Longden, Queenhill and Holdfast Almanack and Year Book for 1915:
The Roll of Honour.
Bushley
The following is a List of Bushley men now serving their country in the Army.
1. Those who have enlisted for the War:
David Morgan, of Hill House, Lance-Corpl. 5th Glo’ster Territorials
William Nash, son of Mr Nash, Bushley School€¦.Culham School-masters Corps
Cecil Jones….Trooper, Somerset

The following information has been researched by Andy Frisby:
Private Cecil George Jones served first as Private 783, West Somerset Yeomanry and subsequently as Private 49594, Machine-Gun Corps.  He went to the Balkans on 9th October 1915.  Cecil died in Birmingham in 1974, aged 76.

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Credits: Almanack courtesy of Peter Walker.