Jones Edward C. Pte 4454668
Personnel Entry
Name Jones Edward C.
Army number 4454668
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but his number suggests late April 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F> in Northern France. Taken Prisoner of War 21/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 14/5/46.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag VIIIB and 344, PoW Number 15146.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 5, Kingsley Plce, Dunston-on-Tyne.
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