South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Pozieres Memorial |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 5 May 1916 | ~ | Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial |
| Warwick School | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Commissioned | |
| German Spring Offensive | 27 Jun 1917 from Officer Cadets (Gazette) | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
| Cazigny | Pte 266588 Royal Warwickshire Regiment | Ash, Surrey |
Circumstances of Death
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Alfred is listed as being killed in action on 23 Mar 1918, his remains were never recovered and he is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial. The 2nd/7th Battalion war diary for that day is transcribed below. Trenches at Cazigny - 23rd March 1918. 2am: The Battalion was disposed in trenches on the West of the River Somme. 8am: Battalion moved into assembly position in as Reserve to 60th Brigade, 20th Division attacking on the line Cazigny. Battalion disposed in Redoubt and dug in under River embankment. X & Y Coys now organised as one Company under Capt. A.L Prosser. 5.45pm: Orders from B.G.C 60th Bde to clear up Cazigny, destroy footbridge and prolong the K.R.R. line from there. 2 Platoons under 2/Lieuts Walker and Stephens detailed. Capt D.L.A Paine to proceed with Platoons to see operations commenced. The two platoons to be under the instruction of K.R.R. 6.30pm: The two platoons left to report to K.R.R. Considerable enemy artillery and T.M. [Trench Mortar] activity on front during the night. Weather throughout the days clear and sunny. Night - sharp frost. 5.45am (24th March): Verbal order through an Orderly Officer of 60th Inf Bde to furnish a further 100 men for duty with previous platoons detailed for duty under K.R.R. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Apr Qtr 1895 in Medway District | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Captain Alfred and Arona Elizabeth Jones | Coventry Road, Warwick |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Warwick School 1909-1913 | ~ |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1895 - New Brompton, Kent | 1901 - Scholar |
| 1901 - Not found | 1911 - Student at Warwick School |
| 1911 - 18 Gaveston Road, Leamington Spa | 1916 - Articled Clerk to Warwick Borough Surveyor |
| 1916 - Coventry Road, Warwick | |
