In Memory Of

CROLL-JONES, EUSTACE ALVANLEY

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 1891-06-07
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 38th Army Bde.
Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
Date of Death:
 1918-04-15
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Neuve Eclise
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 4 to 6 and 162.
Cemetery:
 TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
Son of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Sydney Twentyman Jones and of Mrs. F. H. Jones, of Baroda, Cape Province, South Africa. Born 7/6/1891. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. At St Andrew's from Jan. 1902-Aug. 1905. Joined Imperial Light Horse when war broke out. Served in the Rebellion and G.S.W.A. Went to England, joined a cadet school and was commissioned to the Royal Field Artillery. Served in France through heavy fighting in 1917 and was killed in action in April 1918 during the great German offensive. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (MAITLAND) Cemetery. His brother S D S Jones also died on service