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1352. Sgt. Jones, Ivor

Sergeant

Date of Birth: 8/5/1894, Treorchy (SR - NA)
Occupation: Chemist
Enlisted - Date: 20/5/1915
Enlisted - Loc: Neath
1908 Serv. No: 1352
Service O/S: France: 21/5/16 - 14/2/17 & 1918
Other service: 1357 & 840943, Sgt, D/306 Bde (2nd S Midland) RFA
Commission: 2/Lt, RFA (LG - 3/11/17)
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Treorchy. Parents - Evan &

1901 -

1911 -

- Dad, Evan Jones at 262 Park St, Cwmparc - matches pens recd - Fr Card, Collery ????man. w 2nd wife Hannha

1919 - Married Catherine Tucker, Q1 Neath

1921 - 1 Park House, Skewen, Neath. 27y1m. Occ-Chemist & Druggist, D Thomas, MPS (out of work). W wife Catherine (fr Skewen) & son Gwynfor (1920)

1939 - DOB

Died

Address:
Gorphwysfa House Skewen
Neath (SR-NA)

Military Service

SR at National Archives

Enl 20 May 1915, Neath, Gnr no 1352

26/6/15 - Posted 3rd Line, 4/10/15 - promoted A/F Bdr

1/4/16 - Transferred 4th Bty, 61st Bde - new nos 1357 & 840943. 21/5/16 - Promoted Cpl (same day as he went to France - Soton-Le Havre),

17/6/16 - Promoted Sgt (in 308th Bde)

21/2/17 - Recommended for Commission

27/1/17 - Posted D/306 Bde, left France 15/2/17

16/2/17 - Posted 162 TF Depot un UK To/No 1357 Sergt I Jones, 306th Bde. Feb:12th.1917. Herewith Form MT393 & Railway voucher. You will proceed to LONDON on 13th.inst. You will travel via-BOULOGNE and on arrival at LONDON report to 38 Parliament Street, WESTMINSTER... Nearest Railhead is AMIENS. Please report to RTO there.

3/11/17 - 4/4/17 - Adm No 3 Officer Cadet School, Weedon. Commissioned 2/Lieut in RFA (LG 15/11/17. Posted No 6 Res Bde, Luton

26/1/18 - Joined No 1 Sect, 55DAC

22/2/18 - Posted D/275 Bty

30/3/18 - Wounded in Action, Festubert, France - GSW Right Foot (flesh wound). 2/4/18 - Adm 7 Gen Hosp. 6/4/18 - Transferred to UK per HT Brighton

Following recovery, posted to 68th DAC, Oakley Pk Camp, Eye, Suffolk

1st Welsh Unit: Depot Welsh (How) Bde 3/1
Disabilities (Pens): GSW Right Foot, 30/3/18 Festubert, France
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(SR-NA)(COMM)

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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