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Surname: JONES
Forename(s): Charles Hugh
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 16082
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 18th (Service) Battalion. (2nd South-East Lancashire)
Division: 35th (Bantam) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1916-07-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Plot 1. Row G. Grave 26.
CWGC Cemetery: CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charles Hugh Jones was the son of John and Emma Jones, formerly Norton, née Edwick. John was born at Burnley, Lancashire and Emma at Beaumont, Essex.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 51, Westmorland Street - Charles H. Jones, aged 4 years, born Skipton, son of John and Emma Jones.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 8, Goshen Street - Charles Hugh Jones, aged 14 years, born Skipton, son John and Emma Jones.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Charles H. Jones, 16082, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Charles is commemorated on the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
JONES, Charles, H., aged 19, West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jones, Goschen Street, Skipton, died of wounds received in action, France, July, 1916.
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Private Charles Hugh JONES
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lancashire Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 35th (Bantam) Division
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Private Charles Hugh Jones
Waltonwrays Cemetery, Skipton
Family gravestone - detail of memorial inscription
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04 August 1916
JONES – Died from wounds received in action in France, July 1916, Private Charles H. Jones, West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Goschen Street, Skipton, aged 19 years.
04 August 1916
SKIPTON'S PART IN THE GREAT ADVANCE – MORE LOCAL MEN KILLED AND WOUNDED
Pte. Charles H. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jones, of Goschen Street, Skipton, is another local man who has died from wounds received in the recent operations on the Western Front. He celebrated his nineteenth birthday in the trenches last February, having joined the Lancashire Fusiliers in January of that year, previous to which he was employed at the Midland Railway Locomotive Shed at Skipton. He was a member of the local Tent of the Independent Order of Rechabites. Two of his half-brothers are also in the Army – Regimental Quarter-Master Sergt. Norton of the 1/6th West Riding Regiment and Company Quarter-Master Sergt. Norton, of the 2/6th West Riding Regiment.
Writing to his parents an officer says:– “It is with deep regret that I have to inform you that your son was wounded in the stomach by a shell, from which effects he never recovered, dying two days later. Everything possible was done in an endeavour to save his life, but it was hopeless from the start. He was one of the bravest lads in the company, and often he cheered the men up by his humorous manner. All his comrades join with me in heartfelt sympathy with you and his relatives.”
27 July 1917
JONES – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private C. Hugh Jones, who died of wounds received in action on July 24th 1916.
Somewhere abroad our dear one sleeps,
A hero laid to rest;
But the hardest part is yet to come
When the warriors all return,
And we miss among the cheering crowd
The face of our dear one.
From Mother, Father, Sisters, Brothers at home and abroad, 8, Goschen Street, Skipton.
26 July 1918
JONES – In loving memory of Private C. H. Jones, who died of wounds received in action in France on Ju1y 24th, 1916.
He nobly answered his country’s call,
He gave his life for one and all;
But the unknown grave is the bitterest blow,
None but an aching heart can know.
From Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters at home and in France; No. 8 Goschen Street, Skipton.
25 July 1919
JONES – In ever loving memory of Private C. H. Jones, Lancashire Fusiliers, who died of wounds received at the Battle of the Somme, July 24th, 1916, aged 19 years.
“He laid his richest gift on the altar of duty – his life.”
“One of the unreturning brave.”
From his Mother, Father, Sisters and Brothers, No. 8, Goschen Street, Skipton.
23 July 1920
JONES – In ever loving memory of Pte. C. H. Jones, 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, who died of wounds received at the Battle of the Somme, July 24th, 1916.
O, for a touch of a vanished hand
And the sound of a voice that is still.
From Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters, 8 Goschen Street, Skipton.
22 July 1921
JONES – In ever loving memory of Private C. H. Jones, Lancashire Fusiliers, died of wounds received in the battle of the Somme, July 24th, 1916, aged 19 years.
“Ever in our thoughts is the memory of his smiling face.”
From All the Family.
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04 August 1916
JONES – Died from wounds received in action in France, Pte. C. H. Jones, of the 6th West Ridings, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jones, of Goschen Street, Skipton, aged 19.
04 August 1916
SKIPTON MAN DIES OF WOUNDS
Pte. Charles H. Jones, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jones, of Goschen Street, Skipton, has died from wounds received in action. An officer writing to his parents says:– “It is with deep regret that I have to inform you that your son was wounded in the stomach by a shell, from which effects he never recovered, dying two days later. Everything possible was done in an endeavour to save his life, but it was hopeless from the start. He was one of the bravest lads in the company, and often he cheered the men up by his humorous manner. All his comrades join with me in heartfelt sympathy with you and his relatives.”
Pte. Jones celebrated is 19th birthday in the trenches in February last. He joined the Army a year last January, and he was formerly employed at the Midland Railway Locomotive Shed at Skipton. He was a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites. Private Jones has two half-brothers also serving, one being at the Front and the other in England. One is Regimental Quarter-Master Sergeant Norton, of the 1st 6th Duke of Wellington’s and the other Company Quarter-Master Sergeant Norton, of the 2nd 6th Duke of Wellington’s.
27 July 1917
JONES – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Pte. C. Hugh Jones, who died of wounds received in action on July 24th, 1916.
Somewhere abroad our dear one sleeps,
A hero laid to rest;
But the hardest part is yet to come,
When the warriors all return,
And we miss among the cheering crowd
The face of our dear one.
– From Mother, Father, Sisters, Brothers at home and abroad, 8, Goschen Street, Skipton.
26 July 1918
In loving memory of Pte. C.H. Jones, who died of wounds received in action in France on July 24th, 1916.
He nobly answered his country’s call,
He gave his life for one and all;
But the unknown grave is the bitterest blow,
None but an aching heart can know.
– From Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters at home and in France, 8, Goschen Street, Skipton.
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