JONES T W A
JONES, Thomas William Allen
Regiment: 4th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Number:
Died: 31 July 1917
Aged:
Buried/ Memorial: New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium
Address: 'Westholme', 31 Halkyn Road, Hoole
Chester Chronicle 11 August 1917
SECOND- LIEUTENANT T.W.A. JONES WOUNDED
“News has been received from the War Office that Second Lieutenant T.W.A. Jones, son of Mr. And Mrs. S. Jones, Westholme, 31 Halkyn Road, Chester, has been wounded in France. Before joining the colours he was articled to Messars. Warmsley, Henshall and Co., accountants, of Chester entering their office direct from King’s School.”
Chester Chronicle 1 September 1917
SECOND LIEUTENANT T.W.A. JONES (SERIOUSLY WOUNDED AND MISSING)
“Further official information has been received by his parents that Second Lieutenant T.W.A. Jones, Cheshire Regiment, is now reported seriously wounded and missing. Second Lieutenant Jones’s home is at 31 Halkyn Road, Chester.”
Sadly, we now know that Thomas lost his life on the first day of the Third Battle of Ypres or Passchendaele as it is sometimes known.