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 Walter Jones
Regiment Army Service Corps
Service Rank and Number Private 195088 (also DM2/195035 784th Coy.)
Military Cemetery/Memorial Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Iraq
Medals Awarded British War Medal 1914 - 1920 Victory Medal 1914 -1919
Date and Circumstances of Death He died from a heart attack on 12th July 1917 age 35
Biographical Details Known
Walter was born in 1882 and lived in Blackbrook Cottage Mold. His mother was Margaret E Jones. In the Flintshire Roll of Honour his card is filed with Mold Parish but the guess is that he is the Walter Jones on Sychdyn's Memorial.
He served in the army for twelve months. British forces arrived in Mesopotamia (later to become Iraq) in 1914 to protect oil interests there during the Ist World War. International agreements and the surrender of the Ottoman Empire, subsequently led to the British controlling the region.
Regiment Army Service Corps
Service Rank and Number Private 195088 (also DM2/195035 784th Coy.)
Military Cemetery/Memorial Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Iraq
Medals Awarded British War Medal 1914 - 1920 Victory Medal 1914 -1919
Date and Circumstances of Death He died from a heart attack on 12th July 1917 age 35
Biographical Details Known
Walter was born in 1882 and lived in Blackbrook Cottage Mold. His mother was Margaret E Jones. In the Flintshire Roll of Honour his card is filed with Mold Parish but the guess is that he is the Walter Jones on Sychdyn's Memorial.
He served in the army for twelve months. British forces arrived in Mesopotamia (later to become Iraq) in 1914 to protect oil interests there during the Ist World War. International agreements and the surrender of the Ottoman Empire, subsequently led to the British controlling the region.
The County Herald
27th July 1917
3rd August 1917
12th July 1918
11th July 1919 County Herald
