Service Details
Name:
 DIGBY-JONES
Given Name:
 CHARLES KENELM
Initials:
 C K
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Royal Engineers
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Date of Death:
 1918-09-25
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Date of Birth:
 1873-06-28
Age:
 45
Cause of Death:
 Died of heart failure and meningitis following influenza
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles and Aimee Susanna Digby-Jones. Husband of Lilian "Lily" Christine Digby-Jones (nee Leggett). Was a mining engineer by profession, who had trained at the Royal College of Science and had been attached to the N W Survey, Canada, before he joined the Society in April 1901. In the decade prior to the outbreak of the First World War, Jones was employed by the Jumbo Gold-Mining Company Ltd, Rhodesia. His brother Lieut. Robert James Thomas Digby Jones R.E., V.C. also died in service 6 January 1900 at Ladysmith. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 Russia
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Cemetery:
 VLADIVOSTOK MEMORIAL
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