WAR MEMORIALS IN THE PARISH OF NORTHOP
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
Name Benjamin Jones
Regiment 9th Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Lance Corporal 36077 * see below
Military Cemetery/Memorial Arras Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Bay 6
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in Action 23rd March 1918 aged 20
Biographical Details Known Ben lived in Chapel house, Northop Hall at the time of the war.
* There are some slight discrepencies between the information on Ben's card on Flintshire's Roll of Honour and the CWGC certificate. These need further research. (They are similar enough to suggest that they are referring to the same soldier).His parents were James and Mary Elizabeth Jones. We see from the family gravestone in Northop churchyard, that a year after Ben was killed, his 16 year old brother died. The inscription on the gravestone is as follows,
Regiment 9th Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Lance Corporal 36077 * see below
Military Cemetery/Memorial Arras Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Bay 6
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in Action 23rd March 1918 aged 20
Biographical Details Known Ben lived in Chapel house, Northop Hall at the time of the war.
* There are some slight discrepencies between the information on Ben's card on Flintshire's Roll of Honour and the CWGC certificate. These need further research. (They are similar enough to suggest that they are referring to the same soldier).His parents were James and Mary Elizabeth Jones. We see from the family gravestone in Northop churchyard, that a year after Ben was killed, his 16 year old brother died. The inscription on the gravestone is as follows,
In Loving Memory
of
John the beloved son of
James and Mary Elizabeth Jones
Chapel House, Northop hall
Died Feb 28th 1919 aged 16
Also
Benjamin 9th Batt Royal Welsh Fusliers
Son of the above who was
killed in France March 23rd 1918
Aged 20
Also the above named
James Jones
Who died April 17 1938 age 75
Also the
Above named
Mary Elizabeth Jones
Who died Sept 22 1942 age 77
Thy will be done
of
John the beloved son of
James and Mary Elizabeth Jones
Chapel House, Northop hall
Died Feb 28th 1919 aged 16
Also
Benjamin 9th Batt Royal Welsh Fusliers
Son of the above who was
killed in France March 23rd 1918
Aged 20
Also the above named
James Jones
Who died April 17 1938 age 75
Also the
Above named
Mary Elizabeth Jones
Who died Sept 22 1942 age 77
Thy will be done
Northop Parish Magazine
September 1918
'Roll of Honour
.... other anxious parents in the parish who are eagerly expecting to hear from their missing sons. We are sorry to hear that Ben Jones East Northop, Willie Piercy Soughton and Willie Driver, The Gardens are still unreported. They were all on the Western front when they disappeared. We sincerely hope they will soon be heard of and that they are fairing pretty well amongst others who are prisoners of war.'
September 1918
'Roll of Honour
.... other anxious parents in the parish who are eagerly expecting to hear from their missing sons. We are sorry to hear that Ben Jones East Northop, Willie Piercy Soughton and Willie Driver, The Gardens are still unreported. They were all on the Western front when they disappeared. We sincerely hope they will soon be heard of and that they are fairing pretty well amongst others who are prisoners of war.'