The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S Jones

Private Sidney JONES, G/18265, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 16th October 1917, age 25.

Born St Benet, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, son of Frederick and Sabin(i)a Jones.

1911 Census - 78 Newmarket Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire - Frederick Jones, head, age 63, married, tripe dresser, working on own account, at home, born Cambridge; Sabina Jones, wife, age 61, married 42 years, 14 children, 10 still alive, born Withersfield, Suffolk; Frederick John Jones, son, age 41, single, tripe dresser, working on own account, at home, born Cambridge; Alfred William Jones, son, age 32, single, house painter, house decorator. worker, born Cambridge; Herbert Jones, son, age 30, single, hyde & skin, hyde & skin factory, worker, born Cambridge; Ernest Jones, son, age 23, single, grocers porter, born Cambridge; Sidney Jones, son, age 19, single, hairdresser, own employer, born Cambridge.

Enlisted Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, age 23 years & 9 months, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 130lbs. Resided 78 / 79 Newmarket Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Formerly barber & tobacconist.

Home 11th December 1915 to 29th August 1916; BEF 30th August 1916 to 16th October 1917.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 24th May 1916, mobilized; 25th May 1916, posted 27th (Reserve Battalion), Royal Fusiliers, Service No.2775; 30th August 1916, posted BEF; 1st September 1916, embarked; 2nd September 1916, 30th Infantry Base Depot; 2nd September 1916, posted 22nd Royal Fusiliers; 13th September 1916, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th September 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field; 7th June 1917, wounded in Action; 9th June 1917, rejoined Battalion; 20th September 1917, wounded; 21st September 1917, 12 Casualty Clearing Station, gun shot wound foot & leg; 21st September 1917, 2 General Hospital, gun shot wound foot & left leg; 16th October 1917, Le Treport, 2nd Canadian General Hospital, died of wounds.

16th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, deceased; Mother Sabina Jones, 79 Newmarket Road; Brothers - John Jones, age 50, 79 Newmarket Road; Fred Jones, age 47, 79 Newmarket Road; Reginald Jones, age 43, 79 Newmarket Road; Alfred Jones, age 40, 79 Newmarket Road; Bert Jones, age 39, 79 Newmarket Road; Albert Jones, ae 29, 79 Newmarket Road; Sisters - Mabel Morgan, age 38, 6 Jesus Terrace, Cambridge.

Commemorated at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, III. N. 3B., Le Treport, France.

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