In Memory Of

JONES, FRANK AUBREY

Service Details
Age:
 42
Date of Birth:
 1873-08-12
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Former Regiment:
 formerly Welsh Regiment
Date of Death:
 1916-07-11
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by a shell as he emerged from his dugout in Bernafay Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. G. 21.
Cemetery:
 PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Companion of St. Michael and St. George, Distinguished Service Order, Mentioned in Despatches, Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 CMG LG Sup 3 June 1916 - "for services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field"; DSO LG 27 Sept 1901; MID LG Sup 21 June 1916 pg 6190; Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Son of Arthur Mowbray Jones and Clara Belinda Jones. Born Clifton, Bristol, England. Educated King's School, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Welsh Regiment as Second Lieutenant on 28 September 1895. Promoted to Lieutenant on 21 February 1898 and to Captain on 22 January 1902. He served in the operations in Sierra Leone in 1898-99 with the Protectorate Expedition and was slightly wounded (Medal with Clasp). He served in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) with the 1st Battalion Welsh Regiment. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Paardeberg. He recovered and was employed as a Press Sensor. On King's School, Ely 1914-1918 Memorial