Robert James Thomas DIGBY- Jones
Lieutena, +nt Corps of Royal Engineers
- Register No.
- 657 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutena (register: Lieutenant) all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- +nt Corps of Royal Engineers all Corps of Royal Engineers VCs →
- Date of action
- 6 January 1900 on this day → all of 1900 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Second Boer War
- London Gazette
- 8th August 1902 on this day → all of 1902 →
- Born
- 27th September 1876 at Edinburgh
- Died
- 6thJanuary 1900 at Ladysmith, Natal. South Africa
- Memorial / grave
- Not yet Known
Digest of citation
On 6 January 1900 during the attack on Wagon Hill, (Ladysmith) South Africa, Lieutenant Digby-Jones. and a Trooper of the Imperial Light Horse (see Albrecht Reg. No.15) led the force which re-occupied the top of the hill at a critical moment, just as the three foremost attacking Boers reached it. The leader was shot by the lieutenant and the two others by the Trooper
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
JONES, Robert James Thomas DIGBY- (Reg. No. 657)
Lieutena +nt Corps of Royal Engineers.
London Gazetted on 8th August 1902.
Born on: 27th September 1876 at Edinburgh.
Died on: 6thJanuary 1900 at Ladysmith, Natal. South Africa.
Memorial: Not yet Known.
Citation reads On 6 January 1900 during the attack on Wagon Hill, (Ladysmith) South Africa, Lieutenant Digby-Jones. and a Trooper of the Imperial Light Horse (see Albrecht Reg. No.15) led the force which re-occupied the top of the hill at a critical moment, just as the three foremost attacking Boers reached it. The leader was shot by the lieutenant and the two others by the Trooper
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