George H Jones

Several George Jones were serving as Privates in 1915, 1917 in 1918, and one as Lance Sergeant in 1918, all with the North Staffordshire Regiment. The 1921 Register of Electors has a George Henry Walter Jones and Elizabeth Mary Jones living in Church Road. The WW1 Pension Record for this man, who had served with the North Staffordshires, shows that his wife was born Elizabeth Mary Horton and that they had married in Dudley, Staffordshire in 1909. His Regimental No. was 48169; he was a Private and was discharged from the Army in 1917 as ‘no longer medically fit for service'. His occupation on his service papers was given as Private Secretary and the address given at the time of his discharge was in New Barnet, Hertfordshire.