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MAURICE JAMES JONES
Kingston upon Hull HU5 3NA
England
BORN NEWARK, NOTTINHAM,, 1888. (SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS SAY HE WAS BORN IN HULL).
ONLY CHILD OF JOHN JONES (1865-1889) AND GRACE COLE (1865-1929), OF 18 REGENT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 86, WHARNCLIFFE STREET, HULL AND 7, ORCHARD LANE, HUNTINGDON (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HIS FATHER WAS FROM NEWARK. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN AUSTRALIA. HE WAS AN ELECTRICIAN AND SELLER OF ELECTRICAN GOODS.
HE SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 25/05/1915, AGED 27.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE ST MATTHEWS CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD. HE BOARDED AT 344 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
NOTE: JR JONES IS LISTED AS KILLED ON THE SCARBOROUGH STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916)
Ieper 8900
Vlaanderen
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