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241 & 1619. Cpl. Jones, Sydney James

Corporal

Date of Birth: 29/7/1887, Neath (CENS)
Occupation: Postman (1911)
Employer: General Post Office (1911)
Previous Serv: 1st Glamorgan RGA Vols & 241, 1st Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade
Enlisted - Date: 31/5/1916
Enlisted - Loc: Neath
1908 Serv. No: 241 & 1619
Service O/S: France: 14/10/16 - 9/9/17
Other service: 156871
Demobilised: 28/2/1919
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC. TFEM.
Post-war Serv: 721827, Sgt, RFA

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 29 Jul 1887, Neath (CENS) Parents - Daniel and Elizabeth

1901 - 41 Pen-y-dre, Neath. 14yo. Occ-Telegraph Messenger. W parents & 6 siblings. Dab - General Postman

1906 - Married Mary Lloyd, 4th Quarter, Swansea

1911 - 105 Gnoll Pk Rd, Neath. 24yo. Occ-Postman, General Post Office. W wife, Mary and Alewyn (4yo bn 1908), Harry (9mos)

1939 - Avondale, Dynevor Road, Skewen. Occ - Postman GPO. W wife & Alewyn

Died Aged 63, 17 July 1951, Avondale, Dynevor Road, Skewen, survived by his wife and 4 sons

Address:
Avondale Skewen
Neath (SR)

Military Service

WORKING NOTES

Prev Serv

1st Glam RGA

Enlisted 1st Welsh RFA, April 1908, No 241

Embodied 6/8/14

France 21/22 Nov 1915, Egypt Apr 1916

Demob 22/4/1916 - Time expired

Re-enlisted as 1619, later 156871 on 31/5/16. Described as 5ft 7.5

England 31/5/16 to 13/10/16. France 14/10/16 to 9/9/17. England 10/9/17

In France served with No 9 Trench Mortar Battery.

Admitted to hospital 5/10/17 disch 21/12/17. GSW left arm, left side & left side of head

Disability record - Gunshot wound in Head 27.8.17. As a result of wounds suffers from acute pains in head. Treated at 9th General Hospital, Rouen and Stourbridge

Transferred to army reserve - Class Z 28/2/19

Post War

721827, Sgt, RFA

Discharged - Reason: Transfer to Army Reserve Class Z
Disabilities (Pens): Wounded in action 30/8/17. GSW left arm, left side & left side of head
Sources: (MIC)(SR)(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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