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Name : Eynon Llewellyn Jones. Son of Evan Jones and the late Frances Beatrice Jones (née Phillips)(died 1910), of Derwen House, Dolgelly, Merionethshire. Born 30 September 1893, Ventnor. |
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Census Information :
1901 : Evan and Frances Jones, with their children including Eynon aged 7, are at 13 Spring Gardens, Ventnor. Evan Jones is Living on his own means. 1911 : Evan Jones, widower, with 2 daughters, is at 13 Spring Gardens, Ventnor. Evan Jones is Living on his own means. 1911 : Eynon Jones not located - presumed to be a Naval Cadet |
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Service details : Sub-Lt. Eynon Llewellyn Jones, H.M.S. Indefatigable, Royal Naval Reserve Eynon Jones was a Naval Cadet from 1910 to 1913, when he was appointed as a Midshipman on 20 October 1913, and promoted Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 21 April 1915 with a seniority date of 13 November 1914. His address in 1913 is recorded on his Naval service card as "Horndene" 6 Woodfield Avenue, Streatham Hill, [London] SW. |
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Died : 31 May 1916, aged 23. Commemorated at : Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon. CWGC record ... |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Ventnor War Memorial Ventnor St Alban's Church Roll of Honour County War Memorial Carisbrooke Castle |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, June 9, 1916 Page 4 KILLED IN ACTION. JONES. - Killed in action on H.M.S. Indefatigable, May 31st, Sub-Lieut. Eynon Ll. Jones, R.N.R., aged 22, only son of Mr. and the late Mrs. Evan Jones, formerly of "Trentham," Spring Gardens, Ventnor.
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, June 9, 1916 Page 1 The casualties in the great Naval battle of May 31st include a good number of Isle of Wight men and others having relatives on the Island. We regret to hear of the death of one or two Ventnor men, and desire to express the deepest condolence with the families. Sub-Lieut. Eynon Ll. Jones, R.N.R. who went down in the Indefatigable, was the only son of Mr. and the late Mrs. Evan Jones, formerly of Trentham, Spring Gardens. Able Seaman Walter Burden, of the Queen Mary, whose name appears in the list of casualties on that ship, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Burden, Longdown, Ventnor. Leading Seaman E. Higgins is supposed to have been on the Tipperary. He was a coastguard at Ventnor for several years, and had a wide circle of friends in the town. Seaman George White, son of the late Petty Officer E.G. White and of Mrs. Snow, of Temperance Cottage, Bonchurch, was killed in action in the recent Naval battle. His father was on H.M.S. Bruiser when he volunteered for special service boat's crew and was drowned at Smyrna 16 years ago. He was buried at Smyrna. Among the saved on the Queen Mary is Midshipman J.L. Storey, whose sister is the matron at Elm Dene, St. Lawrence. He spent shore leave here recently. |
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Further Information :
Dolgellau War Memorial HMS Indefatigable HMS Indefatigable casualty list |
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Acknowledgements :
Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
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Page last updated : 21 November 2011 |
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