JONES, John
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
CH/X 2429
Born:
Saturday, May 22, 1920
Birthplace:
Bowburn, County Durham
Died :
Sunday, July 18, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine John Jones was wounded (penetrating bomb wound left leg - amputation) at Sicily. It is likely he was one of the casualties when HMS Queen Emma was bombed in Augusta Harbour on 17 July 1943. He died on 18 July at 151 Light Field Ambulance, Syracuse, Sicily.
Son of Gomar and Violet Jones; husband of Mary M. Jones, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
RN?RM Casualty Logs 1939-45.
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