Jones, Amos

Jones, Amos

Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Rank: Lance Corporal

Service No: 4152

Boer War service: 18 Jul 1900 to 28 Mar 1901

Date of enlistment: 20 Nov 1893

Date of discharge: 15 Aug 1901

Reason for discharge: Medically unfit

Other information: Amos spent time in 3 South African hospitals suffering from a cough and hemoptysis (tuberculosis). He was invalided back to the UK in March 1901. He served in WW1; more information can be found on our Great War site.

Born: 8 February 1876 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. Baptised 23 June 1877 at Bistre Parish Church.

Family: He was the third child of Amos Jones, a bricklayer, and his wife Jane. He married Ada Sarah Smith on 14 November 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and together they had three children – Amos, Joseph and Gwendolen Mary.

Residence: In 1881 he lived at Mynyddisa, Mold, Flintshire. The address given at his discharge in 1901 was 12 Claypit Street Terrace, Whitchurch, Shropshire.

Employment: He was a collier when he enlisted.

Death: 27 November 1954 in Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire and was buried 1 December the same year in Whitchurch cemetery aged 78.

Other information: Prior to being posted to South Africa, Amos deserted on 15 May 1899 and fraudulently enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry on 11 January 1900. He was tried and imprisoned for 84 days with 28 days remission and then rejoined his regiment

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