WATSON-JONES Oliver

  • First Name(s):
    Oliver 
  • Surname:
    WATSON-JONES
  • Service Number:
    140486
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    York and Lancaster Regiment
  • Battalion:
    Hallamshire Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th June 1944
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville, France, Grave II. J. 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Bernard and Aileen Watson-Jones; husband of Flora Watson-Jones, of York

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WATSON-JONES Oliver Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW2 Memorial

Further Information About WATSON-JONES Oliver

The following information has been researched by and is courtesy of John Barry:
1939 Register
2314 Coventry Road, Birmingham
Bernard Watson-Jones, born 28thy February 1877, General Medical Practitioner
Aileen Watson-Jones, born 5th July 1886, Unpaid Domestic Duties
Oliver Watson-Jones, born 22nd January 1920, Agricultural Student
Grave J. Durrant, born 24th January 1917, Domestic Servant

Newspaper 2nd August 1944
Watson-Jones- Killed in action, in June, 1944, Lt. Oliver Watson-Jones, York and Lancaster Regiment.

Newspaper 30th December 1944
Watson-Jones – On December 27, at Stamford House Nursing Home, Scarborough, to Jill, widow of the late Lt. Oliver Watson-Jones, a daughter

Probate 1945
Watson-Jones Oliver of South Crescent Cottage Filey Yorkshire died 25 June 1944 on war service Administration Llandudno 15 December to Flora Watson-Jones widow. Effects £218 18s. 5d.

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