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Edward Owen Jones
20163, Private, 14th Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Killed in action, 5 June 1916, aged 33
No known grave (Loos Memorial, France)
CWGC registered (no family details)
Edward Owen Jones, the son of Joseph Park Jones and Mary Jones, was born in Llandudno on 26 October 1882. In April 1891, the family lived at 16 Clifton Road. Joseph Jones was described as a plasterer. Edward attended Lloyd Street National School which he left in 1896 to become an errand boy. In the Census of Wales for 1901, the family lived at 14 Council Street – both Joseph and Owen being described as plasterers. In 1904, Edward Jones married Jane Ellen (Jennie) Owen (b Bethesda circa 1882). It appears that the couple originally lived in Bethesda because their two children, Edward and Jennie, were both born there in 1905 and 1908 respectively. However, in 1911, the family lived at 24 Kings Road, Llandudno.
Edward Jones enlisted into the 14th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers which formed at Llandudno in November 1914. His regimental number was 20163. The battalion moved to Winchester before disembarking at Le Havre on 2 December 1915. He was killed in action on 5 June 1916 near Laventie in northern France aged 33. According to the war diary, there were some casualties that day during skirmishes into the German lines. He has no known grave.
With Jones being such a common surname, it has proved difficult to determine what happened to Edward Jones’ family. His son Edward married Frances M Tyson in 1935 and they had a son Harold Bernard Jones (1936-1986).
Known memorials:
- Loos Memorial, France
- Ebenezer Chapel, Llandudno
- Llandudno Roll of Honour
- Llandudno War Memorial
- Memorial Chapel, Holy Trinity Church, Llandudno
- Llanrhos Parish War Memorial, All Saints’ Church, Deganwy
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