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Surname: JONES
Forename(s): Frank
Place of Birth: ---
Service No: ---
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1916-07--
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Frank Jones may have survived the Great War. He is not listed in the 9th Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Roll of Honour and has not been identified on the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.
It has not been possible to confirm any further details about Frank Jones.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
JONES, Frank, [Steeton], aged 24, West Riding Regiment, killed in action in France July 1916.
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Private Frank JONES
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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21 July 1916
JONES – Killed in action in France, Pte. Frank Jones, 9th West Riding Regiment, formerly of Steeton, aged 26 years.
21 July 1916
STEETONIANS' SACRIFICE
In a letter to his parents last weekend, a Steeton soldier with the 9th West Ridings conveyed the news that his pal, Private Frank Jones, had been killed. Both were in the employ of the Midland Railway Co. at Steeton Station, and both joined the Colours in August, 1914. Jones was a native of the Midlands and the best type of soldier, and 26 years of age.
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21 July 1916
JONES – In France, Pte. Frank Jones, of the West Riding Regiment, formerly of Steeton, aged 25.
21 July 1916
STEETON SOLDIERS KILLED AND WOUNDED
PTE. F. JONES
Information has also been received of the death of Pte. Frank Jones, West Riding Regiment. He was 25 years of age, and joined Kitchener’s Army shortly after the outbreak of war. Before enlisting he was employed as a porter at Steeton Station, and was in apartments at Mr. Spencer Hindles, Barrows Lane.
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