JONES, George Edward

Rank: 
Gunner
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Yorkshire
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Number: 
14241633
Born: 
Tuesday, April 16, 1918
Died: 
1996
Place died: 
Sussex
Gunner George Jones was wounded 14 July 1943 during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). Also served in No.10 Inter Allied Commando.
George Edward Jones volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes. In 1939 he was a Police Constable residing in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire.
Post war member of the Commando Association residing in Sussex at the time of his death. 
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 84 (1987).
The 1939 Register covering Kingston Upon Hull.
Registers of Deaths Brighton District 1986, registration month October.
 

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