Claude Bowen Jones

Memorial: Chipping Sodbury - School

Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps

Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945

Rank and number: Lieutenant 119912

Parents: William Bowen Jones and Edith Emily Jones

Marital status: Single

Home address: Between 1935 – 1938 he lived at 51 (Cambrian House) Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol. In 1939 he was living in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol

Pre-war occupation: Doctor (House Surgeon)

Date of birth: 24/05/1914

Place of birth: Bristol

Date of death: 21/05/1940

Buried/Commemorated at: Originally buried in Aix Noulette in France, his body was transferred to St Omer War Cemetery, France and he is commemorated on Chipping Sodbury War Memorial

Age: 25

Further information:

Son of a pharmacist, Claude attended Chipping Sodbury Grammar School between 1925 and 1928. He achieved his School Certificate in 1930 and started his medical degree at Bristol University in 1932. He was a House Surgeon at Cossham Memorial Hospital in Bristol in 1939, living in Westbury on Trym, Bristol. He gained his medical degree on 5th March 1940 and died a few weeks later on 21st May 1940 after the battle of Arras during the Belgian Campaign and whilst withdrawing to Dunkirk.

He is buried at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery. His gravestone bears the words “ He sacrificed his life succouring the wounded”.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.cwgc.org/