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Three: Captain C. H. Jones, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was severely wounded on the Western...
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1914-15 Star (Capt. C. H. Jones. R. W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. H. Jones) good very fine (3) £180-£220
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Charles Henry Jones, a Printer from Wrexham, Denbighshire, attested into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 30 September 1914 for service during the Great War. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 18 December 1914, he was advanced Captain and served on the Western Front with the 17th Battalion from 4 December 1915. He was severely wounded by a rifle grenade whilst in the trenches at Laventie on 19 May 1916, receiving serious wounds to his left eye, arms and legs. Returning Home thereafter, he spent a period of time in hospital and was later assessed as having 80% disability at a medical board held in Wrexham on October 1919. He claimed his Great War medals in May 1938.
Sold with copied Medal Index Card, copied medical records, copied service papers and an original photograph of the recipient in uniform, possibly taken from a portrait painting.
1914-15 Star (Capt. C. H. Jones. R. W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. H. Jones) good very fine (3) £180-£220
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Charles Henry Jones, a Printer from Wrexham, Denbighshire, attested into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 30 September 1914 for service during the Great War. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 18 December 1914, he was advanced Captain and served on the Western Front with the 17th Battalion from 4 December 1915. He was severely wounded by a rifle grenade whilst in the trenches at Laventie on 19 May 1916, receiving serious wounds to his left eye, arms and legs. Returning Home thereafter, he spent a period of time in hospital and was later assessed as having 80% disability at a medical board held in Wrexham on October 1919. He claimed his Great War medals in May 1938.
Sold with copied Medal Index Card, copied medical records, copied service papers and an original photograph of the recipient in uniform, possibly taken from a portrait painting.
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