Jones Eric Pte 4458316 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Jones Eric
|Army number=4458316
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, attested 1/12/39, Palace Barracks, Holywell, Ballykinlar, 7th Holding Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI April 1940, B.E.F., PoW 20/6/1940, Released by US forces 13th April 1945, Posted 6th Bn, Alexander Barracks, Glasgow, Skipton
|Company/Battery=HQ Coy
|Task or role=Driver
|Joined Brigade=01-Apr-40
|Prisoner of War=20B 19402
|Home address=PoW at Thorn, Surviving Veteran as at 7th July 2013
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Army number=4458316
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=0
-|Unit=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. B.E.F. Taken prisoner 20/6/1940. Released by US forces 13th April 1945. Posted 6th Bn DLI. Alexander Barracks, Glasgow. Skipton.
+|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
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 }}
-Mr Eric Jones had been a PoW at Thorn PoW Camp.  He was one of a small number of surviving Veterans 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 for an update every two or three months - until his death on 28th February 2015 at the age of 95.  "Faithful".
+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".

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, attested 1/12/39, Palace Barracks, Holywell, Ballykinlar, 7th Holding Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI April 1940, B.E.F., PoW 20/6/1940, Released by US forces 13th April 1945, Posted 6th Bn, Alexander Barracks, Glasgow, Skipton
+|Unit=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. B.E.F. Taken prisoner 20/6/1940. Released by US forces 13th April 1945. Posted 6th Bn DLI. Alexander Barracks, Glasgow. Skipton.
-|Company/Battery=HQ Coy
+|Company/Battery=HQ Company
 |Task or role=Driver
 |Joined Brigade=01-Apr-40
 |Prisoner of War=20B  19402
-|Home address=PoW at Thorn, Surviving Veteran as at 7th July 2013
+|Died/Killed in action=28/2/2015
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}