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Lance bomardier David Jones

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gatelady

gatelady Report 25 Jul 2020 23:07

my ancestor me thinks death recorded as 17 july 1940 any clues please .

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Jul 2020 10:52

Look at the CWGC site. It’s free., and very simple to use

If he was David Leslie Jones, he died 17 JUNE 1940

Maddie

Maddie Report 26 Jul 2020 12:03

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David Leslie
Last name Jones
Birth year 1917
Age 23
Death year 1940
Death date 17 Jun 1940
Number 1447752
Rank Lance Bombardier
Unit 158 Bty., 53 H.A.A. Regt.
Regiment Royal Artillery
Grave reference 1. B. 27.
Cemetery or Memorial Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery
Burial country France
Additional information Son of John Ernest and Adelaide Edith Jones, of Hackney, London.
Link
https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead
War Second World War, 1939-1945

Maddie

Maddie Report 26 Jul 2020 12:14

DAVID L
Last name JONES
Birth year 1916
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Gill
District Hackney
County London
Country England

ERNEST JOHN
Last name JONES
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1906
Registration month

Alma George Hardman, Adelaide Edith Gill, Ada Eliza Trinnaman
District Bethnal Green

21 Paragon Road, Hackney, Hackney, London, England
1939
(3 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
John E Jones 04 Apr 1880 Male Upholster Unemployed Married 78 1
Adelaide E Jones 30 May 1881 Female Unpaid Domestic Married 78 2
~??? Baird (Jones) 18 Dec 1912 Female Confidential Clerk Single 78 3

Maddie

Maddie Report 26 Jul 2020 12:39

from a tree on ancestry
David

Oct 1916 • Hackney, Greater London, England

1916

(AGE)
Military
1938 • London, England

Enlisted in the Royal Artillery and posted to the 158th Battery of the 53rd (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment

1938

22
Military
16 Oct 1939 • France

Lance-Bombardier 1447752 landed at Cherbourg and with the 58th Battery manned area around Guignocourt

1939

23
Death
17 Jun 1940 • Saint Nazaire, France

Body found on coast following the bombing of the HMT Lancastria. The ship was involved in the evacuation of British Troops from Saint Nazaire following the Fall of France

1940

23
Burial
La Baule-Escoublac, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Plot 1 Row: B Grave: 27. Inscription: Beautiful Memories of a Wonderful Son so dearly loved by all. God Bless you


my uncle also died as a result of the lancastria sinking, he was never found but is named on Dunkirk memorial

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 26 Jul 2020 14:08

I can't see a marriage for him or children but you say he is your ancestor. From whom do you descend?

Maddie

Maddie Report 26 Jul 2020 15:59

sister from 1939 register
LILY D
Last name JONES
Birth year 1913
Birth quarter 1
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Gill
District Hackney
County London
Country England
Volume 1B

LILY D
Last name JONES
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1966

Edwin J Baird
Spouse's last name Baird
District Islington
District number

LILY DOROTHY
Last name BAIRD
Gender Female
Birth day 16
Birth month 12
Birth year 1912
Age -
Death quarter 1
Death year 2003
District Canterbury-
Page 948

one child born 1968

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Jul 2020 16:06

MargaretM

Probably not an actual ancestor in the correct use of the term