First Name: | Albert Edward | Last Name: | JONES | |
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Date of Death: | 01/04/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Poplar | |
Rank: | Private | Unit: | London2 | |
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Current Information:Age-22 Born-Mile End Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France
During the evening of 12th March, 1915, A Company of the 2nd London battalion, then part of 17 Brigade, 6th Division, moved up to the front line at Chapelle d’Armentières to support the 1st North Staffordshire battalion that had lost heavily during the action of L’Epinette. This had been launched to divert enemy troops away from Neuve Chapelle, a few miles to the south, where the British and Indians were attacking. After regular company by company reliefs, the 2nd London were still in these trenches at the end of the month. Albert Jones, a stretcher bearer, was badly wounded on 30th March and died from these wounds on 1st April. |
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