Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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William JONES
Stoker 1st Class K/13545 William JONES
H.M.S. "Indefatigable", Royal Navy
Killed in Action, The Battle of Jutland, Wednesday 31st May 1916, age 23
| Home address: | 278 Uxbridge Street, Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
| Born: | 1893, Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
| Parents: | Harriet Jones and Frank Jones 278 Uxbridge Street, Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Enlisted: | - |
| Remembered: | Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, UK, panel 16. |
| Link to Hyde: | Not Known |
A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:
In remembrance of Willie Jones, stoker HMS Indefatigable, Jutland Battle, 1916,
from Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw and family,
Wood End Villa, Hyde.
from Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw and family,
Wood End Villa, Hyde.
Only 3 of HMS Indefaigable's crew of 1,019 survived when the battlecruiser sank following shelling by the German battlecruiser Von der Tann in the early stages of the Battle of Jutland.