Lieutenant Colonel 'H' Jones VC
From the original Victoria Cross Research website (2000–2006) by Alfred J. Askin. Reproduced as written; some details may have been superseded. See the original page.
JONES, Herbert (Known as 'H')
- Lieutenant Colonel of the Parachute Regiment
- Gazetted: 11th October 1982
- Born in London, 14th May 1940
- Died on 28th May 1982 at Darwin, Falklands, interred San Carlos Cemetery, East Falkland.
Citation Reads; On 28th May 1982, at Darwin, East Falkland, the battalion commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jones, was held up in its attack by very well prepared enemy postions. Colonel Jones and his reconnaissance party managed to gain the top of a recently secured re-entrant, but the enemy continued to pour fire on the battilion advance which was in danger of faltering. Colonel Jones, now at the very front of his men, charged the nearest enemy position. He fell, picked himself up and charged again, but was hit and fell dying only a few feet from the enemy. A company of the battalion then attacked and the enemy quickly surrended - devastated by Colonel Jones' courage.