Lance Corporal 24314 Edward Jones
Regiment/Unit: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 6th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 25
Date of death: 15th of September 1916
(Friday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Delville Wood Cemetery Longueval - X. I. 3.
BMD details:
Marriage not found
Family details:
Widow: Ellen M.
Census details:
1891 - 7 months old Edward is living at 61 Broad Oak Road, Parr, St Helens with parents John Jones (41), Mary Jones (38) and five siblings Evan Jones (20), Catherine Jones (18), Hugh Jones (13), Moses Jones (8) Robert Jones (4).
Also at the address are boarder Moses Jones (34) and lodger Thomas Parry (29).
1901 - 10 years old Edward is living at 56 Broad Oak Road, Parr, St Helens with stepfather Joseph Hughes (46), mother Mary E Hughes (45) and sour siblings: Evan Jones (20), Moses Jones (18), Robert Jones (16), Edward Jones (10) and step siblings Edward Hughes (19), John Hughes (18), Deniel Hughes (9).
1911 - Sees 20 years old Edward visiting 27 Duke Street, Hemsworth, Wakefield which is the home of Joseph Jones (49), Catherine Marie Jones (37) and their children William Henry Jones (19), Robert Owen Jones (17), Annie Jones (14), Edward Jones (12), Evan Jones (6), Hugh Jones (4), Elfyn Jones (2), Charlie Jones (10 mths).
All the children were born at St Helens, Joseph was born at Bangor, Caernarvonshire and Catherine was born at Liverpool.
Notes:
Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/24314EdwardJones.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Jones_E_24314_KOYLI.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Lance Corporal Edward Jones at
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
SHROH ref. 2423