Frederick (Fred) Thomas Jones
Memorial: Hallen - Hallen Road
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Military Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 162755
Parents: Alfred James and Mary Ann Jones
Marital status: Single
Home address: Bennett’s Cottage, Hallen, Gloucestershire
Pre-war occupation: Domestic Gardener
Date of birth: 1897
Place of birth: Henbury
Date of death: 12/10/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age: 21
Further information:
Fred was born in Henbury the son of a farm labourer and a middle child of nine children with two sisters and six brothers. Two of his older brothers also saw active service in the war and one of them, Alfred, won the Military Cross in 1916. The other brother, Ernest lost an eye in 1917.
Fred served first with the Somerset Light Infantry (36278) before transferring to the 18th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). In 1917 he was wounded in the leg and won a Military Medal for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire. Fred died four weeks before the Armistice during the Hundred Days Offensive (8 August – 11 November 1918) a series of engagements that brought about the end of the war and the collapse of the German Empire. The combined casualty list from this offensive for both allies and Germans was over two million. Fred was initially buried in Dury Hospital Military Cemetery, which at the time of his death was being used by British medical units, and was reburied after the Armistice at Villers-Bretonneaux.
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.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/