History while in the forces
09 Feb 1917: now undergoing training for a Commission at Trinity College Oxford. Course finishes on 28th instant19 Mar 1917: gazetted to 4th Battalion Royal Garrison Artillery at Park Hall Camp
18 Apr 1917: left England with 4th Battalion Royal Welsh Regiment en route for Egypt
04 May 1917: torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea
30 Jul 1917: now stationed at Alexandria, Egypt
May 1918: left Alexandria and is now in France, attached to the 23rd Light Trench Mortar Battery
05 Oct 1918: gazetted a Lieutenant on Sept 1st. Reported wounded during the last week in September and is now in Hospital in France
- Surname
- Jones
- Forename
- William Robert
- Rating or rank
- Cadet
- Regiment or Other Unit
- 6th Officer Cadet Battalion
- Branch
- Llanrhaeadr, Oswestry
- Date of Birth
- 22 Sep 1893
- Date of birth
- 1893
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 03 Apr 1911
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 01 Mar 1916
