JONES W H: Difference between revisions

“''We regret to record the death in action of Pte H W Jones son of Mr F Jones 5 Lime Grove Hoole. Pte Jones, previous to the War, was employed for three years at Messrs Dickson’s nurseries and left to take up a position with Messrs Perkins of Coventry. He enlisted at the outbreak of the War in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and went out to France in the early part of 1915. He had been at the Front just 18 months. His father Mr F Jones landscape gardener at Messrs Dickson’s Chester has received the following letter from Sergt Windridge, the Royal Warwickshires;- “Dear Mr Jones - It is with the greatest regret that I write to inform you of the death of your son who was killed in action 14/7/16 and I wish to convey my deepest sympathy with you in your loss, also all his numerous comrades wish me to do the same for them. No man was more popular or cheerful in the face of anything. No matter what the weather was or the job to be done he could always be relied on to do his duty as a soldier and a gentleman. His death mercifully was quite painless, he being killed instantly and, as I know, he would prefer to die fighting our common enemy and for everything an Englishman holds most dear. We all miss him very much.''”