Stanley Ewart Jones

History while in the forces

Oct 1914: joined Public Schools Battalion
Feb 1915: received Commission gazetted to 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, trained at Hull and Ripon
About Aug 1916: went to Egypt from there to France Jan 1916, since been promoted to Captain
27 Feb 1917: killed in action
5 May 1917: information received that Captain Jones is a Prisoner of War and that his eyes have been affected either by gunshot or shock.
Dec 1919: transferred to Switzerland and since repatriated, demobilised, now at Clifton branch
Surname
Jones
Forename
Stanley Ewart
Rating or rank
Captain
Regiment or Other Unit
10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Branch
Rugby
Date of Birth
08 Mar 1881
Date of birth
1881
Date of Entering Bank's Service
01 Sep 1897
Date of Joining HM Forces
Oct 1914