Sapper Frederick Jones
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1878
Date of Death
16 Oct 1917
War time / or Pre War occupation
Bricklayer
Employer
Mr Chandler, Waldeck Road
Regiment
Medals Awarded
Service Number
522869
Place of Birth
Ridgmont
World War I Address
93 Highbury Road
Luton
Place of Death
Belgium
Grave Location
Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph , 27th October 1917
Sapper Frederick Jones, 522869, 225th Field Company Royal Engineers, died just after midnight on October 16th, 1917, after being wounded in the neck and thigh by an aerial bomb a short time earlier on the previous day.
He had only recently been discharged from hospital after being wounded by a shell falling on his billet on September 11th. Three men were killed and eight wounded in that incident.
Ridgmont-born Frederick Jones had married Sarah Ann Browne at Kempston Parish Church, Bedford, on July 1st, 1903. By the time he enlisted in May 1916 he and Sarah were living at 93 Highbury Road, Luton, and Frederick was employed as a bricklayer by Mr Chandler, of Waldeck Road. He went to the Front in April 1917.
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Author: Deejaya
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