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Thomas Ivor Jones
266380, Private, 1/6th Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Territorial Force)
Died of wounds, 6 November 1917, aged 19
Buried at Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel
CWGC registered (Son of Robert and Sarah Ellen Jones, of York Villa, Clifton Rd, Llandudno)
Thomas Ivor Jones, the son of Robert and Sarah Ellen Jones, was born in Llandudno on 6 December 1897. The Census of Wales for 1901 records the family of the couple and five sons including Alun (7 – qv) and Thomas Ivor (4) living at “Ringwood House”, Deganwy Street, Llandudno; Robert Jones was a shopkeeper. Thomas Ivor Jones (as Ivor) is recorded as attending Lloyd Street School. In the Census of 1911, the family is recorded as living at “York Villa”, Clifton Road, Llandudno; Robert Jones described as a grocer and Thomas (13) as at school. Thomas left school shortly after “for work”.
Thomas Jones, now a draper’s assistant, volunteered at Llandudno to join the army under the Derby Scheme on 7 December 1915. He claimed to be 19 years of age though in fact he enlisted one day after his 18th birthday. He was given a day’s pay and put into the Army Reserve. He was called up 29 January 1916 and joined the 6th Reserve Battalion (3/6th), Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Territorial Force with a regimental number of 3885. He passed a machine gunners’ course on 11 February 1916. Thomas embarked for Egypt on 11 December 1916 and landed at Alexandria 15 days later. He joined the 1/6th Battalion RWF Territorial Force at El Ferdan (Suez Canal) on 31 December 1916. Sometime in 1917, he was renumbered 266380.
On 6 November 1917, just after the Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, Thomas was dangerously wounded in action with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He died the same day at a casualty clearing station. Commonwealth War Grave Commission records indicate that he was 21 years of age when he died but he was in fact a month shy of his 20th birthday. He was buried at Beersheba War Cemetery.
Known memorials:
- Llandudno Roll of Honour
- Llandudno War Memorial
- Memorial Chapel, Holy Trinity Church, Llandudno
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