JONES Wilfred

  • First Name(s):
    Wilfred 
  • Surname:
    JONES
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Unknown

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Former Units:
    None
  • 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 Wilfred Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove United Reformed Church
Bromsgrove United Reformed Church Hall

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Possibly on Bromsgrove All Saints Church WW1 Memorial.
Possibly on Bromsgrove Independent Order of Oddfellows under Victoria Lodge.
Possibly on Bromsgrove United Reformed Church.
Possibly on Bromsgrove United Reformed Church Hall.
Possibly on Tardebigge St Bartholomew’s Church with the information: Pte.

Further Information About JONES Wilfred

Possibly Private William Jones
9th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
Service No 19351
Born and resident Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
Killed in action on 11th November 1915
Buried in Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Turkey, Grave II. D. 11

Or

Possibly Private William Jones
1st/7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
Service No 202724
Born and enlisted Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Killed in action aged 19 on 25th April 1917
Son of William and Clara Jones, 15 Strand, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.

A photograph of Private 202724 William Jones’ name on Thiepval Memorial is available. Please email me if you wish to purchase a copy for a £3.00 donation in support of this website:
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Or

Possibly Private William Jones
1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
Service No 27657
Born Rockingham, Northamptonshire, resident and enlisted Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Killed in action on 31st July 1917
Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 34.

A photograph of Private 27657 William Jones’ name on Ypres Menin Gate Memorial is available. Please email me if you wish to purchase a copy for a £3.00 donation in support of this website:
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This war memorial lists this casualty as Wilfred Jones. However, research in all relevant records has failed to find a casualty with this name from Worcestershire but there are 3 William Jones’ from Bromsgrove who were killed during the war. The 1901 census for Bromsgrove has a Wilfred Jones aged 4 resident in the town, the following information taken from this census has been researched and transcribed by Elizabeth Dovey:
Wilfred was born in 1897 in Bromsgrove and lived in Stourbridge Road. His parents were William and Clara Jones; William was a nail maker. Wilfred was the 6th of 11 children. The eldest was Benjamin who was a bricklayer’s labourer; Ernest was an agricultural labourer; Kezia was a factory hand; Walter was a farm labourer; then there was Lily; then came Wilfred, who was 13 in 1911 and is listed as a labourer; then came Arthur and then there were two more sons, then two more daughters.

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