Cookjpr Posted 5 January , 2014 Share Posted 5 January , 2014 Hi I'm trying to trace my great uncles, they lived at Ty calch in Caernarfon. There names are john jones and Robert jones and are on the war memorial in Caernarfon for ww1, can anyone please give me more information on them Many thanks p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGM Posted 5 January , 2014 Share Posted 5 January , 2014 Welcome to the forum! As I am very sure you are aware JONES is a very common surname. (In fact, looking at John, for example, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) lists 1174 casualties named J JONES and no John JONES with a Ty calch connection) This means it is necessary to have much more information before any searches could be successful. Please could you add all the information you already know for sure and then add any information which you cannot be sure of but maybe the family believes was true. Very helpful information would be: Date of birth Parents names Were they married When they died Do you know if they were soldiers or sailors? Any information from medals the family still have Any photographs in uniform Information which has not been confirmed could include places the family believes they fought etc. If they were soldiers THIS is a very good place to find help. CGM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGM Posted 5 January , 2014 Share Posted 5 January , 2014 Having said all that I have just found this entry on the CWGC website. JONES, JOHN Rank: Private Service No: 1332 Date of Death: 23/08/1915 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 6th Bn. Grave Reference: I. B. 50. Cemetery: PORTIANOS MILITARY CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of John Jones, of Ty Calch, Llanfaglan, Carnarvonshire. Can he be confirmed as your relative? CGM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asanewt Posted 5 January , 2014 Share Posted 5 January , 2014 Hello, just for info. Bangor Memorial Arch shows five J Jones, and Llanfaglan three Jones, two are J and one R so yours I guess. Try here http://www.bangorcivicsociety.org.uk/pages/arch/DSCF4347.htm You may not be able to post photos 'till you have five or more posts so send to me pistyllg@btopenworld.com if you wish. I can then add them on your behalf. Nothing else found yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebrys Posted 5 January , 2014 Share Posted 5 January , 2014 The "Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919" on page 97 has this entry for the 1/6th Battalion: "Jones, John b. Clynog, Carn., e. Carnarvon, 1332 Pte., d., Gallipoli, 23/8/15 " The "Clynog" of course, should be Clynnog...and "Carnarvon"...Caernarfon! Trebrys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Phillips Posted 5 January , 2014 Share Posted 5 January , 2014 From SDGW To add more for John Born: Clynog, Carn. Enlisted: Carnarvon Death: Gallipoli Struggling to find Robert; there are so many Jones! Dave Beaten to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookjpr Posted 5 January , 2014 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2014 Having said all that I have just found this entry on the CWGC website. JONES, JOHN Rank: Private Service No: 1332 Date of Death: 23/08/1915 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 6th Bn. Grave Reference: I. B. 50. Cemetery: PORTIANOS MILITARY CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of John Jones, of Ty Calch, Llanfaglan, Carnarvonshire. Can he be confirmed as your relative? CGM Hi yes this must be him as his father was john jones from try calch llanfaglan his brother Robert jones died 13/10/1918 he was a gunner in the royal field artillery c bty 46 bde and is berried at messiness ridge Many thanks px Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinBattle Posted 5 January , 2014 Share Posted 5 January , 2014 ... which also leads you to JONES, ROBERT. Rank: Gunner. Service No: 29252. Date of Death: 13/10/1918. Age: 36. Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery. "C" Bty. 46th Bde. Grave Reference: II. A. 13. Cemetery: MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of John Jones, of Ty-Calch, Llanfaglan, Carnarvon. Ach! Beaten to it - again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Phillips Posted 5 January , 2014 Share Posted 5 January , 2014 All SDGW can add Born: Carnarfon Enlisted: Bargoed Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookjpr Posted 5 January , 2014 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2014 Thank you for all your help xxx P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 5 January , 2014 Share Posted 5 January , 2014 Havnt got any information for you, but this link will tell you exactly how to find whatever information is out there (and will help you understand what it means) - http://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/research.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hywyn Posted 5 January , 2014 Share Posted 5 January , 2014 Casualty Roll of the 1st 6th RWF in action in the Dardanelles from 8th August 1915 shows that Pte 1332 J Jones of Ty Calch, Llanfaglan died of dysentery on 23/8/1915. He was one of a number of men who died of disease on Gallipoli during that campaign. There were a number of reports regarding 'local' men in the various newspapers. Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald dated 3 9 1915 has a report of his death which includes a photo. Many Welsh newspapers recently came online http://cymru1914.org/en/browse/newspapers?&off=0 Unfortunately C & D isn't amongst them. It will be at the County Archives, Victoria Dock if you live in the area and can't find it in the others. Hywyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookjpr Posted 8 January , 2014 Author Share Posted 8 January , 2014 hi thank you for all your help, i have looked at the age of Robert Jones and he must have been 30 when he died not 36 i have his birth certificate and he was born in 1888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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