Part 111

=JOHNSTON, WILLIAM HENRY, V.C.=, Capt. and Brevet Major, R.E., 2nd _s._ of the late Major William Johnston. R.A.; _b._ at Leith, 21 Dec. 1879; passed into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1897, and was gazetted to a commission in the Royal Engineers on 23 March, 1899, and promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. 1901, and Capt. 23 March, 1908. His first period of foreign service was passed in Gibraltar, from 1900 to 1905, during part of which time he was employed under the Intelligence Department. On his return to England he was attached to the Survey Department, and on leaving it in 1908 was gazetted as a General Staff Officer (3rd Grade) for service in China. From 11 July, 1908, to 26 Oct. 1911, he was employed in North China, travelling extensively, while engaged on Intelligence work, in the course of which he visited eleven of the eighteen provinces of China. During this time he was also employed in surveying the boundary of the New Territory of Hong Kong. In 1911 he was transferred to the South China Command as General Staff Officer. At the expiration of this period, 27 July, 1912, he was employed at the War Office for about 11 months (2 Sept. 1912 to 9 Aug. 1913), in the geographical section. He entered the Staff College, Camberley, in 1913, and began his course there in Jan. 1914. After the declaration of war he was posted to the 59th Field Coy. R.E., went out with the Expeditionary Force and served with it throughout the winter of 1914–5, including the retreat from Mons and the Battles of the Aisne, the Marne, Neuve Chapelle, 1st and 2nd Battles of Ypres, etc. He was four times mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. and 25 Nov. 1914 and 17 Feb. and 22 June, 1915], and was awarded the Victoria Cross on 25 Nov. for conspicuous gallantry “at Misy on 14 Sept., when, under a heavy fire all day until 7 p.m., he worked with his own hands two rafts, bringing back wounded and returning with ammunition, thus enabling the advanced brigade to maintain its position across the river.” In March he was appointed to the command of the 172nd Coy., and on 2 May, Brigade Major of the 15th Infantry Brigade. He was made Brevet Major under date 3 June [London Gazette, 23 June, 1915], and was killed in action four days later near Ypres, 7 June, 1915; _unm._

=JOHNSTONE, MILLER=, Private, No. 1078, B Coy. 2nd Battn. 1st Australian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late Alexander Johnstone, _b._ Bannockburn, co. Stirling, 12 March, 1892; educ. Larbert, Stirling; went to Australia in Jan. 1913, and settled at Lockhart, New South Wales, as an Agriculturalist; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted at Kennington, New South Wales, 27 Aug. 1914, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and died of wounds on H.M. Hospital Ship Derfflinger, 29 April. The Chaplain wrote that Johnstone had carried a wounded Lieut. down to the shore to a place of safety and was returning to the firing line when he was hit and mortally wounded. He was taken on board the hospital ship the following day, and died at sea on his way to Alexandria; _unm._

=JOHNSTONE, PETER=, Private, No. 2938, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 3 June, 1915, of wounds received in action near Ypres.

=JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 349, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 22 Dec. 1914.

=JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8900, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of William Johnstone, of Newton Stewart, co. Wigton; _b._ Newton Stewart; enlisted 12 March, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915.

=HOPE-JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM GORDON TOLLEMACHE=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, formerly 32nd Lancers, Indian Army, 4th _s._ of William James Hope-Johnstone, of Brownleigh, Feltham [descended from the Hon. Charles Hope-Vere of Craigiehall, 2nd _s._ of Charles, 1st Earl of Hopetoun, K.T.], by his wife, Emily Mary, dau. of Capt. Edward Bailie, 10th Hussars; _b._ Esher, co. Surrey, 5 July, 1887; educ. Cheltenham and Sandhurst; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 6th Dragoon Guards, Feb. 1907, and was promoted Lieut. May, 1909. He transferred to the Indian Army in Sept. 1912, with the rank of Squadron Officer in the 32nd Lancers and retired early in 1914. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and was given a lieutenancy in the 4th Royal Fusiliers, 5 Sept., left for France on 8 Oct. and was killed in action at Laventie on the 25th of that month. His next elder brother, Henry Murray, is now (1916) serving with the Royal Fusiliers.

=JOLLIFF, JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2928C., H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=JOLIFFE, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109240, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=JOLLIFFE, WILLIAM JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3133), 306590, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=JONES, ADRIAN HERBERT=, Private, No. 1632, 1/3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Herbert Daniel Jones, of 35, Osterley Park Road, Southall, Clerk in charge of Telegraph Dept. G.W.R. Southall Station, by his wife, Selina, dau. of William Hughes, of the Park, Clee Hill, Ludlow, Salop; _b._ Shrewsbury, 6 May, 1895; educ. All Saints’ School, Shrewsbury, and Featherstone Road School, Southall; was a clerk in the employ of the Great Western Railway at the Hotel Paddington, and afterwards Clerk Great Northern Railway, at King’s Cross; joined 1/3rd Royal Fusiliers, July, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and left for Malta at the end of 1914; proceeded to France, 2 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle about 5.30 p.m. on 10 March following, during a successful attack on a part of the German trenches which had held out all day; _unm._ One of his officers wrote: “He died a very gallant death. The Army has lost a very brave soldier.” From information received by his relatives it would appear that in the charge in which he fell he showed conspicuous courage and _sang froid_, and that his last words were: “Come on; give me a leg up,” as he was getting over the German parapet. Private Jones had a fine voice and was a member of the choir of Holy Trinity Church, Southall. His elder brother, Gunner S. W. Jones, was drowned while on active service, 21 July, 1916.

=JONES, ALFRED EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5794), S.S. 100725, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=JONES, ALFRED POOLE=, Private, No. 2214, 1/24th Battn. (The Queen’s) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Arthur Daniel Jones, of 40, De Burgh Street, Cardiff, by his wife, Elizabeth Annie (now the wife of James Newton Paterson, of 5, Western Drive, Woodend Park, Grassendale Road, Liverpool), dau. of Jacob Lewis, Farmer; _b._ Cardiff, 4 Nov. 1890; educ. Higher Grade School, Cardiff; was in the milling and flour trade, first with Messrs. James Thomas Co., Newport, Isle of Wight, and latterly with Messrs. H. N. Bathgate & Co., London; joined the 24th London, 6 Aug. 1914; left for France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 26 May following, in an attack by his battn. and the 23rd London on the German trenches. Buried, Givenchy, in the Soldiers’ cemetery, about half a mile behind the trenches; _unm._ His Captain wrote: “We captured the trenches which were our objective, but lost over half the battn. in doing so. In C Coy. alone 44 were killed and 70 wounded.” A comrade wrote: “When Alf fell, I ran down the slope to see what I could do for him. He was lying on his back at the bottom. He said he was hit in the stomach, but would not let me attend to him. ‘Never mind about me, get on with the firing, lad,’ he said, and I had to, as our line was very thin then.” This was the action in which L.-Corpl. Keyworth, of the 23rd London, won the V.C., and several other decorations were earned by the officers and men of the two battns. engaged. Private Jones was a keen footballer and played for his regt. on many occasions.

=JONES, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 65503, 24th Battn. (Victoria Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late William Jones; _b._ Sedgeley, 27 Jan. 1884; went to Canada in June, 1912, and settled in Montreal. After the outbreak of war he volunteered for service overseas, joined the Victoria Rifles in Oct. 1914, and after a period of training came over to England in May, 1915; left for the Front, 15 Sept. 1915; and was killed in action in France in his dug-out by a shell, 12 Oct. 1915, and was buried in the Canadian Burial Ground; _unm._

=JONES, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14776, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=JONES, ARTHUR WYNN=, L.-Corpl., No. 2352, 1/5th Battn. the Welsh Regt. (T.F.), third and yst. _s._ of Thomas Jones, of The Hall, Llanfyllin, Solicitor, Town Clerk and Clerk to the County and Borough Magistrates, by his wife, Elizabeth Alice, dau. of the late Thomas Edwards, of Penybontfawr, Montgomeryshire; _b._ Llanfyllin, co. Montgomery, 23 March, 1880; educ. The Grammar School, Oswestry; was for many years Cashier in the National Provincial Bank, first at the Horsefield Branch, Bristol, and then at Cowbridge Branch, Glamorgan; enlisted soon after the declaration of war; was promoted L.-Corpl. 18 July, 1915; left England with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 10 Aug. 1915; _unm._

=JONES, CHARLES=, Sergt.-Major, 5th Battn. Welsh Regt. (T.F.); served through the South African War (medal), and was afterwards employed at the Bedlinog Collieries; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went to the Dardanelles; was promoted Sergt.-Major, and was killed in action there, 21 Aug. 1915. He _m._ Annie (Greenfield Terrace, Gellefaelog, Dowlais), dau. of (--), and had three sons, of whom David John is (1916) a Private in the 5th Welsh and served with his father at the Dardanelles.

=JONES, ERNEST DAVID=, Rifleman, No. 22874, 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade, yst. _s._ of Thomas Bowen Jones, of 18, Stockfield Road, Streatham, S.W., by his wife, Alice Louisa, dau. of John Hazell, of Kensington; _b._ Dulwich, 22 Feb. 1887; educ. the South London School, Dulwich; enlisted 1st Rifle Brigade, 10 Sept. 1914; left for France in March, 1915, and was killed in action while taking part in an attack on the German trenches, near Hooge, 6 July following. Buried, Talna Farm; _unm._

=JONES, EDWIN=, Private, No. 10968, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Edgar Jones, of 1, Grove Avenue, Lawley, Birmingham, Gas Stoker, by his wife, Annie, dau. of George Tyler; _b._ Birmingham, 16 April, 1896; educ. St. Matthew’s School, Lupin Street, Birmingham; enlisted, 13 Aug. 1914; left for France, 26 Nov. 1914; and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. following; _unm._

=JONES, FENN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., A. 1919), 128745, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=JONES, FRANCIS GEORGE=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; eldest _s._ of the late Rev. Edward George Jones, of Cecilstown Lodge, Mallow, co. Cork, by his late wife, Eliza Wilhelmina, dau. of Abraham Symes; _b._ at Kilmurrey Rectory, 8 April, 1864; educ. Trinity College, Dublin; gazetted Lieut. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from the Militia, 16 Dec. 1885, and promoted Capt., 1 Feb. 1893; Brevet Major, 29 Nov. 1900; Major, 23 May, 1903; and Lieut.-Col., 19 Feb. 1914; was Assistant Superintendent of Signalling in Burma, 1892–3; Adjutant of his battalion, 31 Oct. 1894, to 30 Oct. 1898, and of the Militia, 1 Aug. 1901, to 22 May, 1903; took part (1) in the operations in the Northern Chin Hills, Burma, 1892–3 (medal with clasp); (2) in the operations on the North East Frontier, India, 1897–8, with Peshawar Column of 5th Brigade, Tirah Expeditionary Force, including operations in Bara Valley, 7 to 14 Dec. 1897 (medal with two clasps); and (3) in the South African War, 1899–1900; was Adjutant, 1st Battn. R.I.F., from 16 Dec. 1899, to 24 Feb. 1900; took part in the relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5–7 Feb. 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights (14–27 Feb. 1900) etc. (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. and 10 Sept. 1901]; Brevet of Major; Queen’s medal with three clasps); served in Crete, 1907, Malta, 1908–9, North China, 1909–12 and India, 1912–14, where he took over the command of the 1st Battn., 19 Feb. 1914. After the outbreak of war he brought the battalion home from Secunderabad in Jan. 1915, to Rugby, and left with it as part of the 29th Division, 87th Brigade, for Gallipoli, 17 March following; was in command during the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, and during the subsequent week’s severe fighting; was severely wounded near Krithia on 2 May, and died of his wounds three days later, 5 May, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in General Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 12 June [London Gazette, 5 Aug. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field

=JONES, FRED=, Private, No. 2366, 2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William David Jones, Miner; _b._ Upper Cwmbran, co. Monmouth; educ. Board Schools, Cwmbran; joined 2nd Monmouths, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915. He _m._ at Pontypool, Matilda, dau. of (--), and had five sons and two daus.

=JONES, FREDERICK CHARLES=, A.B., J. 15499, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=JONES, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Chief Petty Officer (N.S.), 172545, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=JONES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7306), S.S. 102172, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=JONES, HARRY=, Private, No. 38300, 5th Battn. Welsh Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late Thomas Jones, of Brynhyfryd, Nelson; _b._ 1877; joined the 5th Welsh Territorials; served with the Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action, 13 Aug. 1915; _unm._

=JONES, HARRY DUKINFIELD=, Private, No. 2504, Honourable Artillery Coy., yst. _s._ of Edward Dukinfield Jones, of Castro, Reigate, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of Holbrook Gaskell; _b._ Saõ Paulo, Brazil, 11 April, 1890; came to England when 12 years of age; educ. Liverpool College Preparatory School and Lancing College. From an early age he devoted himself to music, and decided to make it his profession, choosing the piano as his instrument. For about four years he worked in the Leschetizky method, under Mr. George Magrath. Early in 1912 he went to Vienna and studied under Frau Bree, with occasional lessons from Leschetizky himself. On his return to England in 1913 he continued his studies under Mr. Howard-Jones, at the R.C.M., taking singing as his second study. He joined the Honourable Artillery Coy. in Oct. 1914, went to the Front with a draft for the 1st Battn. at the end of Dec., in April was “doing very stiff work” somewhere near Ypres, and was killed in action in the charge of the Honourable Artillery Coy. at Hooge, 16 June, 1915; _unm._

=JONES, HENRY DAVID=, Seaman, R.N.R., B. 5059, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=JONES, IAN MONTGOMERY=, Private, No. 5137, 20th (Service) Battn. (3rd Public Schools) Royal Fusiliers, only _s._ of Thomas Abraham Jones, of 5, Chatsworth Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Branch Manager of the General Accident Company; by his wife, Marion, dau. of the late Rev. Wollaston Goode, M.A. [by his wife, Amelia Agnese, yr. dau. of Sir Charles Munro, 9th Baronet of Foulis, who served in the 85th Regt. under Wellington in the Peninsular War, 1811–14, being wounded at Badajos, and received the medal with clasps for Rodrigo, Badajos, Salamanca, Nives, Orthes, and Toulouse]; and grandson of Thomas Jones, of Montgomery, who joined the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry at the outbreak of the Crimean War; _b._ Cirencester, co. Gloucester, 11 June, 1897; educ. Bromsgrove School, where he was a member of the O.T.C., and made his mark as a Rugby football player; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the 1st unit of the 20th Royal Fusiliers, 12 Aug. 1914, and died at the 3rd General Military Hospital, Wandsworth, of cerebro-spinal-meningitis, contracted while on service, 20 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in Southern Cemetery, Manchester, with full military honours. His Coy. Commander, Capt. T. L. Boyce, wrote: “He was a smart soldier, trusted by his officers and appreciated and liked by his comrades.” And a comrade wrote: “No man was, no man could be, better loved and respected, and no man ever merited our love and respect more than Ian.” He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5th Battn. Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regt., 29 Sept. 1914, but being only just 17, had asked that the appointment might be cancelled for a few months.

=JONES, JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1883), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=JONES, JOHN RICHARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., 4685 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 162), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=JONES, OCTAVIUS=, Private, No. 1198, 13th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Edwin Jones, for 38 years a guard on Great Western Railway, by his wife, Martha; _b._ Snatchwood, Abersychan, near Pontypool, 8 Oct. 1881; educ. Snatchwood Schools, Abersychan; went to Australia, 11 May, 1911, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of war, and died from wounds received in action in Gallipoli, 22 May, 1915; _unm._

=JONES, ROWLAND SAMUEL=, Private, No. 538, 2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas Hanbury Jones, of 75, Monnow Street, Monmouth, Builder and Decorator, member of the Monmouth Town Council, by his wife, Rachel, dau. of Rowland Samuel Bevan, of Penlarken Farm, Pontypool, Mon.; _b._ Monmouth, 7 Dec. 1883; educ. St. Mary’s National School, Monmouth; was a Sanitary Plumber, etc.; joined the Monmouth Volunteers, which became, on the formation of the Territorial Force, the 2nd Monmouthshire Regt., 1902; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and went into training with his battn. at Pontypool, although barely recovered from a serious cycling accident which befell him on the day of mobilisation; left for France, 5 Nov. 1914; served in the trenches throughout the following winter, and was highly complimented by his officers on his ability as a practical plumber in keeping the pumps in working order, and was placed in charge of 18 pumps; took part in the 2nd Battle of Ypres in which his battn. acquitted itself most gallantly and suffered severe losses, and died in the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, at Bailleul, 16 June, 1915, of wounds received while on sentry duty at 5.30 a.m. on the 14th, near Ypres. The Rev. A. T. G. Fletcher, Chaplain to the Forces (C.E.), wrote that he was admitted to the Clearing Station unconscious, with a terrible wound in the head, caused by shrapnel, and died without recovering consciousness. He added: “I buried him in Bailleul Cemetery in grave No. 1313. A cross has been erected on his grave bearing his name and regimental number and giving the cause of his death. He died nobly, while bravely doing his duty.” Private Jones had been repeatedly offered promotion to non-commissioned rank, but had always refused it. He _m._ at the Parish Church, Newland, Gloucestershire, 31 Aug. 1909, Sarah, dau. of Herbert Furneyhough, of Highbury Farm, Newland, co. Gloucester, and had two sons and a dau.: Thomas Hambury Herbert, _b._ 28 May, 1910; Rowland Leonard, _b._ 17 Aug. 1911; and Dorothy Rachael May, _b._ 26 May, 1914, died 19 March, 1915. Two of his brothers, Hambury John Jones, Bombardier, No. 43491, R.G.A. (volunteered in Aug. 1914 from Bristol City Police Force); and Thomas Hambury Jones, Sergt., No. 1430, The London Regt. (Auditor in Exchequer and Audit Department, Whitehall), are now (1916) on active service in France, and the 4th, Leonard Hambury Jones, Cadet, Monmouth Grammar School Corps, has been medically rejected.

=JONES, SAMUEL WILLIAM JOHN=, Driver, No. 935, Ammunition Column, 3rd Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 2nd _s._ of Jabez Jones, of 52, Clifton Street, Swindon, co. Wilts; _b._ South Cerney, co. Gloucester, 6 Sept. 1887; educ. Swindon; joined the 3rd Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, from the Yeomanry in Feb. 1914; was thrown from a horse at Malmesbury, 23 Jan. 1915, while trying to catch another that had thrown his comrade, and died the following day. He _m._ at Winchcombe, co. Glos., 8 June, 1912, Alice, 3rd dau. of the late George Wasley, of Castle Street, Winchcombe, and had two children: Harry George, _b._ 14 March, 1913, and Winifred Mary, _b._ 6 Dec. 1914, _d._ 17 Dec. 1915.

=JONES, SYDNEY EVERARD=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Pioneers The Welsh Regt., 2nd _s._ of William Henry Jones, of Bhim Tal Estate, Kumaon, U.P., India; _b._ Bhim Tal aforesaid, 4 Sept. 1892; was educ. at Naini Tal up to the age of 15, and then went to England, and after a little study matriculated at London, and joined The City and Guilds Institute, where he obtained the Diplomas of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and completed two years in the Civil Engineering Course. He was two years a Cadet in the Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles, and later for another two years was in the University of London O.T.C. On the outbreak of war he applied for a commission, and meanwhile joined the 3rd County of London Yeomanry as a trooper. In Nov. 1914, he was gazetted temp. Second Lieut. in the 8th Battn. The Welsh Regt., and qualified as a machine-gun officer at Erith. He proceeded to the Dardanelles for active service and on the 8th Aug. 1915, during the attack on Sari Bahr, his Battn. with New Zealanders took part in the storming of the Turkish position, from the crest of which they were relieved the following day. He was wounded early in the assault, but bound up his wound and rejoined his platoon. Later in the same day he was shot through the heart, while leading his men and he was buried in the Gallipoli Peninsula; _unm._ A Senior officer wrote: “I knew your brother well, and liked him immensely, and express my deep sympathy with you, and that of his men who were very fond of ‘Uncle Jack’ as they called him. He fell at the front of his men like the brave fellow he was.” His brother, Lieut. Bertram Owen Jones, is (1916) on active service with the South Wales Borderers.