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Finding Relatives of Lance Corporal Frederick Jones B Company 1st Northamptons - help please

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MA Hamilton

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When my Great Uncle was killed on 25th September 1915 - the first day of The Battle of Loos in France, Lance Corporal Frederick Jones came across him or his remains & was kind enough to carry out my Great Uncle's final wishes. From his war record Frederick Jones, looks to have been taken prisoner of war at Nieuport on 10 July 1917, but who appears to have survived the war. First entry to a theatre on war in France on 13 August 1914, so presumably he was a pre-war regular.

https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/2634814/3/2/ ( link supplied by Great War Forum - https://www.greatwarforum.org/)

From the information on the referenced cards, he was born in Birmingham, 12 March 1882, married, and his wife was living at 219 Belgrave Road, B??hall Heath, Birmingham. The other card referenced appears to give the address of a male relative then living at 33 Seymour Street, Birmingham.

I would like to find any descendents so I can tell them the story & thank them.
Thanking you for any help or suggestions as to how I may move forward.
 
hi and welcome..over the years our researchers on this forum have quite a bit of success in tracing living relatives...its a lovely touching story you have...i am sure some of us will do our best to trace rellies of frederick jones for you so watch this space and fingers crossed...thanks for the info which should help us

lyn
 
MA Hamilton said:
No sorry
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ok thanks i have found a frederick W jones on the 39 eve of war register living with wife jane and another man is living there name of william gaunt...fredericks dob is 12th march 1882 which fits your info and he is down an an ARP warden..just trying to find out if i have the correct person..living at crompton st and his occ is painter and decorator

lyn
 
pjmburns said:
Could be an error either way. That chap wasn't in Birmingham.
Frederick Jones is a common name and will so little other info it is tricky.
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i agree jan its very tricky to pin him down...sometimes we just cant if the records or more info is not available

lyn
 
So it is a Frederick J Jones and not Frederick W Jones?

There is a birth reg. for a Frederick John Jones Mar qtr 1882, son of a John Robert Jones and an Ann Collins. He had several siblings and they lived in Sparkhill up to 1911. Family are there but he isn't. Can't be sure where is he in 1911 or if he is the correct person.

Searching military records for a Frederick Jones and service number 8148 brings up a pension record and from what I can see it suggests there's a next of kin listed.
 
On the POW record it has a "J". The one Lyn found with "W" has the right dob but we can't be certain. POW suggests he is married but we have no name.
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He received a "silver war medal" so presumably was injured. The enlistment date if I have read it correctly suggests he was a regular soldier.
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