South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 16410 Archibald Edwin JONES - 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Killed in Action on Sunday, November 11th 1917 aged 24


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Tyne Cot Memorial
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
After 1 Feb 1916 ~ Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial
    Warwick All Saints
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted  
Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) Jan 1916 in Coventry  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units Other War Memorials
Ypres ~ ~
     

Circumstances of Death

Archibald is listed by the CWGC and other military records as being killed in action on 11 Nov 1917, a local newspaper reports his death as being on the 10th. Either way the 11th Battalion war diary does not have any entries for the 10th, 11th or 12th Nov.

On the 9th November 1917 the Battalion relieved the 8th Bn Gloucester Regiment in the line taking over the sub sector N of Ypres-Comines.

On the 13th November 1917 the war diary states that Inter Compnay relief took place without incident.

We have not been able to find anymore information about the period 10th to 12th November in any of our books and therefore cannot give any further information about the details of Archibald's death.



 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1893 in Warwick 6 Apr 1893 at All Saints, Warwick
   
Parents Names Abode
Thomas Edwin and Emma Jones (later Hawkins) 11 Charles Street, Warwick
   
Grandparents Abode
Thomas and Elizabeth Jones 11 Charles Street, Warwick
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History
1893 - Charles Street, Warwick 1911 - Hotel Servant                                       
1901 - 11 Charles Street, Warwick (grandparents)  
1911 - 11 Charles Street, Warwick (grandparents)  
1916 - 11 Charles Street, Warwick  
   
  • Archibald’s father was a Tram conductor. He was killed in a tram car accident in 1902 aged 32
  • Archibald's next of kin is shown as his grandmother Elizabeth in military records
  • Lizzie Allison Tilley is shown as a "guardian of child" in the same records
  • Warwick War Memorial Project Biography