William JONES

Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1

William JONES

Stoker 1st Class K/13545 William JONES of H.M.S. "Indefatigable", Royal Navy

Killed in Action The Battle of Jutland, Wednesday 31st May 1916, age 23

Of: 278 Uxbridge Street, Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire

Born: 1893, Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Parents: Harriet Jones and Frank Jones of 278 Uxbridge Street, Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire

Marital status: Single

Occupation: Farm Labourer

He enlisted in:

Remembered on: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, UK, 16

Link with Hyde: Not Known

Notes:

A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:

In remembrance of Willie Jones, stoker H.M.S. 'Indefatigable,' Jutland Battle, 1916,
from Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw and family,
Wood End Villa, Hyde.

Only 3 of HMS Indefaigable's crew of 1,019 survived when the battlecruiser sank following shelling by the German battlecruiser Von der Tann in the early stages of the Battle of Jutland.

Of:	278 Uxbridge Street, Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Born:	1893, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Parents:	Harriet Jones and Frank Jones of 278 Uxbridge Street, Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Marital status:	Single
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
He enlisted in:
Remembered on:	Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, UK, 16
Link with Hyde:	Not Known