Private William Henry Jones

Army Number : 6596

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Brampton, Chesterfield. Husband of Violet Brown (formerly Jones), of 38, Barker Lane, Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was a collier prior to enlisting 22nd May 1900 at Chesterfield. He served in Hong Kong and Singapore. He re-enlisted 16th February 1912 and went to Gallipoli 28th August 1915. He went to France 18th June 1916 and was killed in action, 26th September 1916, aged 35, during the attack on the German positions near Ovillers, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private William Henry Jones is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Thomas the Apostles Church War Memorial, Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.