South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Lieutenant Basil Rust JONES - 4th Squadron, Royal Air Force

Killed in action on Saturday 28th September 1918 aged 20

br jones

Military History
     
Theatre of War inn Which Died Campaign Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France & Flanders British War & Victory Medals La Kreule Military Cemetery
     
First Arrived in Theatre Bravery & Conduct Medals SWFHS Area Memorials
13 Jun 1916 in Mediterranean Theatre ~ Warwick School Chapel Memorial
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Died Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Hundred Day Offensive  29 Sep 1915 in Portsmouth   
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
near St. Omer  Pvt 73602 11th Signal Coy, Royal Engineers  
     
  • On enlistment Basil gave his age as 19 years born in 1896. However his birth certificate reveals that he was only 17 yrs and born in 1898 and was therefore too
    young to enlist at that age.

birth cert br jones

Military Service History

  • 29 Sep 1915 - Enlisted in Royal Engineers aged 17
  • 30 Sep 1915 - Promoted to L/Corporal
  • 27 Dec 1917 - Promoted to Corporal
  • 13 Jul 1918 - Commissioned as 2nd Lt in Royal Air Force (Gazette)
  • 29 Jul 1918 - Attached to 4 Squadron

NB: I cannot find any record of Basil's promotion to Lieutenant in any of his service records or Gazette entries, however his CWGC burial record lists him as a Temp/Lt 

Circumstances of Death

On 28th September 1918 Basil was the observer in an RAF R.E.8 or Bristol Fighter aeroplane serial number C1036 flown by Lt RH Schroeder when he was "shot through" whilst on a counter attack patrol somewhere between Passchendaele and Roulers. Source

Basil had survived a previous crash on 6th September 1918 when a plane being flown by 2nd Lt F Sinclair crashed due to a heavy thunderstorm whilst on a "recce".
 
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
11 Mar 1898 at 17 Claremont Road, Leamington Spa  
   
Parents Names Abode
Frederick William Edmund and Catherine Susan Jones  22 Waverley Road, Southsea, Hants                                         
   
Schools Colleges
Warwick (King's) School ~
   
Address History Employment History
1896 - 24 Claremont Road, Leamington Spa 1911 - Scholar
1901 - 17 Claremont Road, Leamington Spa 1915 - Clerk at Lloyds Bank, Portsmouth
1911 - 22 Waverley Road, Southsea  1915 - Motor Cyclist
1915 - 22 Waverley Road, Southsea, Hants   
   

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