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Lt.-Col. · 4 Regt. South African Infantry

Frank Aubrey Jones

† 11/07/1916 · aged 42 · South Africa · Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, I.G.21; personal inscription: MORS MIRI LUCRUM

Personal data

NameJones
InitialsF.A.
Christian nameFrank Aubrey
Date and place of birthClifton, Bristol, England; 04.08.1873
Country of serviceSouth Africa
FamilySon of Arthur Mowbray Jones and Clara Belinda Jones.

Extra information

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Educated at King's School, Ely
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Served in Sierra Leone (1898-99) and in South Africa (1899-1902)

Military data

RankLt.-Col.
Regiment / Unit4 Regt. South African Infantry
Date of death
Age42
Cemetery / MemorialPeronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, I.G.21; personal inscription: MORS MIRI LUCRUM

Other information

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secondary unit: Welsh Regiment
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C.M.G., D.S.O., Mentioned in Despatches
Information 3
'The Yeoville Lamp' - Yeoville,Transvaal, South Africa Branch. Endowed on 02.11.1927. First lit at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 03.12.1927, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Frank Aubrey Jones, C.M.G., D.S.O., Lt.-Col. Bernafay Wood, France, 11.7.1916; of Dudley Beresford Hodd (sic) Fynn, Pte., 3rd South African Infantry. France 16.7.1916; of George Pagnell Leslie, Pte., 3rd South African Infantry. France, 16.7.1916 (sic); and of R. Lester Coltman, Lt., Coldstream Guards. Cambrai, 27.11.1917.

Sources

Source
Roll of Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936