Joseph Jones

Rank:RiflemanNumber:50773
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:06th Bn [2]
Name of Rgt or Ship:King's (Liverpool Rgt)
Died:30/10/1917Age:19
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial:Tyne Cot Cemetery Memorial, Zonnebeke
Town Memorial:Sale
Extra Information:
Born during the September quarter 1898 in the Alrtrincham R.D. - ref:
8a/191, the son of William & Mary Jones.

1901 Census - Davenport Lane, Sale.   Son - aged: 3 - born: Sale.   Head of
household - William Jones - Married - aged:48 - occ: Coachman (Domestic) -
born: Denbighshire, Wales.   Also Mary Jones - Wife - aged: 46 - born:
England.   Plus 8 elder siblings.

His mother - Mary Jones died in 1903 - aged: 52.

1911 Census - 2 Army Villas, Doveston Road, Ashton upon Mersey.   The
family are now residing with his sister and her husband.   Brother-in-Law -
aged: 12 - Scholar - born: Sale.   Head of household - William Schlemm -
Married - aged 34 - occ: Clerk in Fish Market - born: Manchester.   His
father is with them - Widower - aged:57 - occ: Coachman - born: Bangor,
Flintshire.  Plus 4 elder siblings.

Member of St. Mary's Church where he sang in the choir.   Employed by Mr.
T. Robinson, Butcher, Sale.

Enlisted in February 1917 and drafted to the front in July 1917.

Death reported in the 23/11/1917 edition of the Altrincham Guardian.   See
also the 30/11/1917 edition of the local newspaper.

MIC - BWM & Victory only - no other info.

Pension Records - Dependant - Father - Mr. William Jones, 3 Lime Terrace,
Southern Road, Ashton upon Mersey.   Awarded a weekly pension of 9/6d
w.e.f. the 21st May 1918
Memorials found on:
St. Martin's (Ashton on Mersey)St. Mary's (Ashton on Mersey)
Sale Wesleyan
Similar Names