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Samuel James Jones

In memory of:

Private Samuel James Jones

September 15, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

432334

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

49th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

September 13, 1896
Derby, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

January 5, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta

Commemorated on Page 111 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. Q. 16.

Location:

Pozieres is a village some 6 kilometres north-east of Albert, and the POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, which is enclosed by the Pozieres Memorial, is a little south-west of the village on the north side of the main road, D929, from Albert to Pozieres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial Card– Memorial card found in my Fathers WW1 memorabilia. Pte C B Fewkes 49th Edmonton Regt. Samuel Jones was a close friend and was KIA on the same day as my Father was badly wounded.

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    Memorial Card
    Memorial Card – Memorial card found in my Fathers WW1 memorabilia. Pte C B Fewkes 49th Edmonton Regt. Samuel Jones was a close friend and was KIA on the same day as my Father was badly wounded.
  • Photo of Sam Jones– His army records show him as being 20 when he died, he was actually only 17-1/2. His father died in the flu epidemic after the war but his mother was able to travel to France in 1936 to attend the dedication of the Vimy Memorial. He was their only child.

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    Photo of Sam Jones
    Photo of Sam Jones – His army records show him as being 20 when he died, he was actually only 17-1/2. His father died in the flu epidemic after the war but his mother was able to travel to France in 1936 to attend the dedication of the Vimy Memorial. He was their only child.

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