Private 2157 William Jones
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/1915
Age at death: 37
Date of death: 31st of March 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: 122 Gladstone Street, St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Strand Military Cemetery - VII. C. 4.
BMD details:
Marriage: 3rd Qtr 1901 - William Joned to Emily Barton at Prescot, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 1399.
Family details:
Widow: Mrs Emily Baines & Children (remarried)
Census details:
Not identified before 1911. 1911 - Sees 33 years old 'Glass Maker' William living at 122 Gladstone Street, St Helens with wife of nine years Emily (33) and four children: Bertha (7), William Joseph (6), Thomas (3), Margaret (2).
Notes:
Age taken from census.
Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/2157WilliamJones.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/WilliamJones5thSLR_report.jpg[/pic][caption]Images from The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy of Ste M.[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/2157_WJones.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private William Jones at Strand Military Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Ste M)[/caption]
