| Surname: | Jones |
| Initials: | B |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/7188 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans, 14/7/1915. Shown as (3) Egypt, 14/7/15 to 5/11/15 and (1) France, 24/11/17 on medal roll page B 495. 24/12/1914 he enlisted as a Pte. 1/5 Royal Welsh Fusiliers. No. 5/2602, age 18 years, born Northop, Flint, occupation Carter, address: 2 Crystal Terrace, Oakenholt, Flintshire, 27/1/1917 transferred to MFP. 16/5/19 Disembodied. 18/1/1919 Aquarta, Italy, Charge whilst on active service drunk, FGCM forfeit 28 days pay. 13/3/1919 Taranto, Italy charge drilling prisoners not seeing the had proper equipment for pack drill, Reprimanded. Benjamin Jones. Extract from the Birmingham Daily Post 20 October 1960. Retiring. Senior bailiff at West Bromwich, Mr. Bertram Jones , who has been an officer of the County Court for 14 years, is retiring at the end of the month. He joined the staff after retiring from the Staffordshire County Police Force in which he served for 32 years, the last 17 at West Bromwich as a sergeant. A Wednesfield man, he was at one time in the mounted police at Stafford and Bilston and served also at Old Hill. As a police constable at Rushall he enlisted during the 1914-18 war in the Military Mounted Police and served in France, Belgium, Italy and Austria. |