Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private E. Jones, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 July 1917

British War and Victory Medals (9382 Pte. E. Jones. R.W. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Edward Jones); Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. Edward Jones, Royal Welsh Fusiliers’, the last affixed to card, nearly extremely fine (4) £140-£180

Edward Jones was born in Liverpool in 1898 and spent his childhood living with his parents at 6 Ellesmere Street, West Derby, Liverpool. He enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Holywell, Flintshire, and served with the 15th Battalion (1st London Welsh) in France as part of 113th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division. The Battalion witnessed heavy action at Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and were later engaged at the Battle of Passchendaele from 31 July to 10 November 1917. It was during the build-up to the latter engagement that Jones was killed, the Battalion War Diary for 27 July 1917, noting:

‘Reports having been received from the Royal Flying Corps that the enemy had withdrawn from the front & 2nd line of trenches, “A” Company was ordered to push forward and reconnoitre. Unfortunately the results proved false and the enemy were engaged in the 2nd line, inflicting severe casualties on the company. OC “A” Company, Major Evan Davies, was wounded & taken prisoner as were a number of the men.’

Aged 20 years, Jones is buried in Artillery Wood Cemetery, Belgium.

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