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Captain Loftus Edward Perceval JONES
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Peyton Jones, M.I.C.E. and Letetia
Caroline Peyton Jones, of "Edenbrook", Blackwater, Hants. Passed
law examinations in Melbourne gaining Supreme Court Prize. A Barrister at
Supreme Court, Shanghai. Born at Ararat, Victoria, Australia. Killed 3 August
1915. Aged 39.
Buried BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY.
The following notes are provided in
Bob Coulson's biographies of Yorkshire Regiment Officers killed in the First
World War;-
Loftus Jones was born at Ararat, Victoria in Australia in 1876.
He followed a legal career passing his law exams in Melbourne and before the
war was practising as a barrister in Shanghai.
On July 13th 1915 he sailed with the 7th battalion from Folkestone to Boulogne
from where they proceeded to La Clytte for trench training until the end of
July.
By August 2nd the battalion was considered “fully blooded” and
relieved the 1st Battalion of the Wiltshires in the front line at Voormezeele.
Captain Loftus Edward Perceval Jones was killed the next day, August 3rd 1915
at the age of 39.
He was in a support trench when an enemy shell scored a direct hit killing
him and Privates Moore and Mills and wounding seventeen others.
His CO wrote later,
“His loss came as a great shock to all of us. He was a keen soldier,
ready to tackle any job that came his way and was very popular with the men
of his company”.
His grave can be visited today in Bedford House Cemetery to the south of Ypres
on the road to St Eloi.
Captain Jones was the son of Peyton and Letitia Caroline Peyton Jones of “Edenbrook”
Blackwater in Hampshire.
The photo has been taken from "Illustrated War DeLuxe" and has been
provided by James Pasby (<jampas@btopenworld.com>)
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