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Jack Jones
20032, Private, 14th Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died of wounds, 25 October 1918, aged 21
Buried at Étaples Military Cemetery
CWGC registered (Son of Thomas and Katherine Jones, of 3, Kings Rd, West Shore, Llandudno, Carnarvonshire. Native of Llandudno)
THY WILL BE DONE R.I.P.
Jack Jones, the son of Thomas and Catherine Jones was born at Llandudno on 3 December 1896. In 1901, the family lived at 35 Jubilee Street, Llandudno, Thomas Jones being described as a gas stoker. Jack attended Lloyd Street School, leaving on 2 December 1910. The Census of the following year records Jack as a milkman, as were his two brothers Harry and Thomas.
Jack Jones enlisted into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in November 1914 still aged 17. His regimental number of 20032 indicates that he should have been in a batch of volunteers destined for the 14th (Service) Battalion. However, the 14th RWF landed in France in December 1915 and Jack’s medal index card notes that he was not in receipt of the 1915 Star which means he disembarked in France in 1916 or later. The medal index roll shows that his first posting on disembarkation was to an infantry base depot (as a reinforcement) and his first battalion on the Western Front was the 15th RWF (which had also landed in France in December 1915). Why Jack Jones’ posting to the Western Front was delayed is unknown: it could have been because he had been taken ill or perhaps that it had been discovered that he had joined up underage. Nothing is known about Jack’s army career in France except that he was fatally wounded in action at a time and a place unknown.
Jack Jones died of wounds on 25 October 1918 aged 21. He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery. Étaples is a town on the French coast and was the site of numerous British and Empire infantry base depots and hospitals. Both the 14th and 15th RWF were components of the 38th Welsh Division which saw heavy fighting at Mametz Wood in 1916 during The Battle of The Somme. The division was also involved in the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917, and in 1918 was again in action on The Somme in the Battles of The Hindenburg Line and the final advance in Picardy.
Known memorials:
- Llandudno Roll of Honour
- Llandudno War Memorial
- Memorial Chapel, Holy Trinity Church, Llandudno
- Llanrhos Parish War Memorial, All Saints’ Church, Deganwy
- Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Chapel, Llandudno (as John Jones of 3 Kings Road)
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