IN LOVING MEMORY OF:

George E. Jones 12-Feb-16


First Name: George E.
Last Name:Jones
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 7th South African Infantry
Military Number:197
Place of Birth:4 Bridge Street
Place of Death:German East Africa (killed in Action)
Date of Death:12-Feb-16
Age:39
Additional Information:

Killed in Action: (German East Africa) 12 February 1916. Age 39.

Supplementary Notes: Son of the late George Jones.

Born: Galway.

Three other brothers also served, Harry and Percy,Royal Engineers, Fred, Irish Guards and survived the war. All  former pupils of the grammar school.

Buried: Taveta Military Cemetery-Kenya (IX.B.I).

Remembered: Great War Monument-St. Nicholas Collegiate Church-Galway.

 


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St-Nicholas Collegiate church- Galway-Ireland.

St-Nicholas Collegiate church- Galway-Ireland.

Taveta Military Cemetery - Kenya (IX. B. 1. )

Taveta Military Cemetery - Kenya (IX. B. 1. )