Walter Swinford Jones
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Medals: British War Medal, Military Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Lance Bombardier (826132 (formerly 2893)
Parents: Albert and Mary Jones (nee Locke)
Marital status: Single
Home address: 3 Cassell Road, Fishponds, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Clerk in an Engineers Officer
Date of birth: 1892
Place of birth: Fishponds, Bristol
Date of death: 03/09/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: No known grave – Commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France.
Age: 26
Further information:
Walter's Military Medal for gallantry was announced in the London Gazette dated 19/09/1918.
1901 census records the family address as 5 Richmond Terrace, Cassell Road, Fishponds, 1911 Census address as 5 Salisbury Terrace, Cassell Road Fishponds and the military records as 3 Cassell Road.
Walter Jones served with "B" Battery, 281 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and was reported as missing on 03/09/1918.
Walter Jones is commemorated on the Downend Christ Church Memorial, Staple Hill Page Park Memorial and the Staple Hill Methodist Church Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 and 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.