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1424. Dvr. Jones, Joseph (Joe)

Driver

Date of Birth: c1880, Morriston (SR-F & CENS)
Occupation: Tin Plate Worker
Employer: Duffryn Works (1921)
Enlisted - Date: 10/6/1915
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 1424
Service O/S: Home: 10/6/15 - 12/9/16
Demobilised: 12/9/1916
Awards: SWB.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born c1880. Morriston. Parents - Poss Thomas & Margaret

1891 -

1901 -

1905 - Married Mary Hannah Price, Q2, Swansea

1911 - 78 Clyndu Street, Morriston. 30yo. Occ-Anealer, Tinplate Works. With wife Mary H & Mary (1910)

1921 - 78 Clyndu Street, Morriston. 41y2m. Occ-Tinplate Anealer, Duffryn Works. Out of Work. With Mary & Ronald (1914)

1925 - Died 26/8/1925, Duffyrn Steel Works. aged 42. Add- 78 Clyndu Street, Morriston.

Herald of Wales, 29/8/1925 (newspapers.com)

Personal Info: Wife - Mary Hannah Jones
Address:
78 Clyndu Street
Morriston (SR-F)

Military Service

SR-F

Enl 10 June 1915, Swansea, Driver, no 1424

3rd line then 2nd line 5/2/16

12/9/16 - Disch from Shrewsbury. Final unit 340 Bde. No longer physically fit. SWB. No evidence of overseas service

Character - Good: He leaves the Service with a good character, is honest, sober, & industrious, and I trust will now find suitable employment.

During the war, the deceased served in France with the RFA.

Herald of Wales, 29/8/1925 (Newspapers.com)

1st Welsh Unit: 2/1st Glam Bty
Discharged - Reason: Being no longer Physically Fit for War Service
Disabilities (Pens): Rheumatism, Asthma
Final Unit: 340th (How) Bde, RFA
Sources: (SR-F)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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