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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Jones Eric
|Army number=4458316
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Not yet known exactly but 1919/20.
|Age=0
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, attested 1/12/39.  Basic Training carried out at Palace Barracks, Holywell, Ballykinlar.  Posted 7th Holding Bn DLI.   Posted 11th Bn DLI 1st April 1940.  Served B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War - notified 20/6/1940.  Released by US forces 13th April 1945.  Posted 6th Bn DLI.  Served at Alexander Barracks, Glasgow and at Skipton.
|Company/Battery=HQ Company
|Task or role=Driver
|Joined Brigade=01-Apr-40
|Prisoner of War=20B  19402
|Died/Killed in action=28/2/2015
|Home address=Ffermicatrin,  Lloc Holywell,  Clywd,  CH8 8LL
|Source table=11DLI
}}

Mr Eric Jones had been a PoW at Thorn PoW Camp.  He was one of a small number of surviving 70th Brigade Veterans when the work began and, in addition to being willing to discuss his experiences in telephone interviews, was always interested in the progress of the research into the Brigade - telephoning the author for an update every two or three months - until his death on 28th February 2015 at the age of 95.  Eric had appeared in illustrations in "The Durham Bugle".  

"Faithful".