In Memory Of

DIGBY-JONES, CHARLES KENELM

Service Details
Age:
 45
Date of Birth:
 1873-06-28
Rank:
 Captain
Regiment:
 Royal Engineers
Date of Death:
 1918-09-25
Cause of Death:
 Died of heart failure and meningitis following influenza
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 VLADIVOSTOK MEMORIAL
Country:
 Russia
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