William Jones
Private, 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment (later South wales Borderers) VC London Gazetted on 2nd May 1879
- Register No.
- 659 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Private all Privates →
- Unit
- 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment (later South wales Borderers) VC London Gazetted on 2nd May 1879 (register: 24th Regiment of Foot) all 24th Regiment of Foot VCs →
- Date of action
- 22–23 January 1879 on this day → all of 1879 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Zulu War (Anglo-Zulu War)
- Born
- Date ? 1840 at Evesham, Worcestershire
- Died
- 15th April 1913 at Ardwick, Lancashire
- Memorial / grave
- Philip's Park Cemetery, Manchester
Digest of citation
On 22nd and 23rd January 1879 at Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa, Private William Jones and another man (See R. Jones Reg. No.656) defended one of the wards of the hospital to the last, until six out of the seven patients had been removed. The seventh was delirious and although they managed to dress him, they could not induce him to move and when they returned to carry him away he was being stabbed to death in his bed
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
JONES William (Reg.No.659)
Private 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment (later South wales Borderers) VC London Gazetted on 2nd May 1879 Born on: Date ? 1840 at Evesham, Worcestershire.
Died on: 15th April 1913 at Ardwick, Lancashire.
Memorial at: Philip's Park Cemetery, Manchester.
Digest of Citation reads: On 22nd and 23rd January 1879 at Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa, Private William Jones and another man (See R. Jones Reg. No.656) defended one of the wards of the hospital to the last, until six out of the seven patients had been removed. The seventh was delirious and although they managed to dress him, they could not induce him to move and when they returned to carry him away he was being stabbed to death in his bed.
Additional information\; Private William Jones S/No 804 was discharged from the Army Reserve on the 26th January 1888.
Additional information
from the Army Reserve on the 26th January 1888.
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