John Patrick Jones
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Bombardier
Parents: Tom and Mary Jones
Marital status: Married
Home address: Stockport, Cheshire
Pre-war occupation: Civil Engineering Clerk
Date of birth: 04/02/1920
Place of birth: Stockport, Cheshire
Date of death: 09/07/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial Devon and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 24
Further information:
John was born in Stockport, Cheshire and in 1939 was single and lodging at Vaudrey drive, Hazel Grove Stockport. He married Kathleen Jones who came from Belfast, after the outbreak of war.
On the day of his death, John was serving aboard the unescorted British Steam Merchant, ‘Shahzada’, on route from Mormugao, Goa (India) to Aden (Yemen) carrying a cargo of 5000 tons of peanuts. On 9 July 1944, the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U-196 about 470 miles west-southwest of Bombay. The master, 36 crew members and nine gunners, including John, were lost. The 52 survivors were rescued by 3 different ships and landed in Bombay, Goa and Aden.
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/
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3288.html