JONES, Kenneth Edwin

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Glasgow City Police
Regiment/Corps: 
Seaforth Highlanders
Service: 
Army
Number: 
14317295
Died : 
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
23
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Private Kenneth Jones died during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). Son of Edwin and Georgina P. Jones, of Glasgow.
Kenneth was a serving Police Officer from Glasgow who volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes that commenced in 1942. He is amongst those named on the Glasgow Police WW2 Memorial Plaque located at the Glasgow Police Museum, Bell Street, Glasgow.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
IWM War Memorials Register ref. 87226.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes

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