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Surname: JONES
Forename(s): Ernest
Place of Birth: Low Moor (Bradford) Yorkshire
Service No: 351148
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Labour Corps
Battalion / Unit: 'D' Coy Northern Command Labour Centre
Division: ---
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1918-07-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: C. 368.
CWGC Cemetery: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN BAPTIST BURIAL GROUND
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ernest Jones was the son of William and Ada Jones, née Smith. William was born at Manchester, Lancashire and Ada at Oakworth, Yorkshire.
1901 Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 31, Gordon Street - Ernest Jones, aged 9 years, born Low Moor, Yorkshire, son of William and Ada Jones.
1911 Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 31, Gordon Street - Ernest Jones, aged 19 years, born Low Moor, Yorkshire, son of William and Ada Jones.
Ernest was married to Alice Grace Brookbanks in 1915.
The British Army Service Record for Ernest Jones exists but may be incomplete.
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, Ernest, [Sutton], aged 26, died in hospital, Catterick Bridge.
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Private Ernest JONES
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Labour Corps
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Marriage Register of St. Matthew’s Church, Wilsden, Yorkshire
Entry for the marriage of Ernest Jones to Alice Grace Brookbanks, 6 November 1915
Courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service
Sutton-in-Craven Baptist Burial Ground
CWGC Headstone
Sutton-in-Craven Baptist Burial Ground
CWGC Headstone - personal inscription
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12 November 1915
JONES – BROOKBANKS. – November 6th, at Wilsden Church, Ernest Jones, of Sutton-in Craven, to Alice Grace Brookbanks, of Sandy Lane.
05 July 1918
SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN
Private Ernest Jones, of Sutton Mill, died in hospital at Catterick on Tuesday after a short illness. He was home on leave about ten days before his death. Prior to enlistment he was a woolsorter at Messrs. T. and M. Bairstows, Sutton Mille. He leaves a widow and one child.
12 July 1918
SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN – The Late Private E. Jones
The funeral of Private Ernest Jones, a well-known Sutton young man, took place on Saturday afternoon at the Sutton Baptist Church. The Crosshills Platoon of the 6th West Riding Volunteers attended on orders from Headquarters to pay their last respects. The Volunteers were in charge of Captain Leo. Brigg and Lieutenant Alfred Clough, and the coffin, which was draped with the Union Jack, was carried shoulder high by Volunteers from the house to the graveyard. The Rev. F. W. Pollard officiated, at the close of the service a firing party fired the usual three volleys over the grave, and the ‘Last Post’ was sounded. A very large gathering assembled.
12 July 1918
SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN – Memorial Service to Private E. Jones
On Sunday morning a service to the memory of Private Ernest Jones was held in Sutton Baptist Church. The preacher being the pastor (Rev. F. W. Pollard), who paid a glowing tribute to the character of the deceased. The choir sang the anthem ‘There is a Land’. Mr. Joseph Petty was organist, and Mr. Turner Smith conducted. There was a large congregation.
19 July 1918
Private E. Jones, Sutton
We give a photograph of Private Ernest Jones, a well-known Sutton resident, who died in the Military hospital at Catterick on July 2nd and whose remains were interred at Sutton Baptist Cemetery on the 6th inst. Deceased is survived by a widow and one child.
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05 July 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Sutton Soldier’s Sudden Death
It was with deep grief that the villagers learned on Tuesday of the sudden death of Pte. Ernest Jones, in hospital at Catterick Bridge, the sad news coming by telegram to his wife, who had been informed on Monday that he was seriously ill with influenza. The deceased, who was in his 27th year, was a strong-built young man. He joined the forces in July last. He has been stationed at the hospital all the time helping in various ways. Prior to joining up he was employed at the firm of T. and M. Bairstow as woolsorter, where he was held in high regard by his fellow workers. He passed through the Sutton Baptist Sunday-school, and was an old Band of Hope boy. He leaves a widow and one child. The funeral will take place at the Sutton Baptist burial ground.
12 July 1918
SUTTON MILL
MILITARY FUNERAL – The funeral of the late Private Ernest Jones, whose sudden and lamented death occurred last week, took place last Saturday at the Baptist Burial-ground. The local Volunteers were in attendance and acted as bearers from the deceased’s home to the chapel. Capt. Brigg, Lieutenant Clough, and Sergt. Major Thompson also accompanied. The service at the chapel, which was conducted by the Rev. F.W. Pollard, was very largely attended. The cortege entered the chapel to the strains of the ‘Dead March’ in ‘Saul.’ Mr. Pollard paid a fine tribute to the deceased soldier’s character. He had laid down his life for them and may they be worthy of such sacrifice. As the company retired ‘O rest in the Lord’ was played by the organist (Mr. Joseph Petty). The bearers to the last resting place were his fellow workers at T. and M. Bairstows. A firing party was present under the command of Sergeant Major Thompson, the last post being sounded by Bugler Hutchinson, of Keighley. Floral tributes were sent by the family and relatives, and the officers and N.C.O.’s and men at Catterick hospital, and the wool sorters at T. and M. Bairstows.
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