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VC705 Loftus William Jones
BORN 13 November 1879
DIED 31 May 1916 AGE 36
VC Won 31 May 1916 AGE 36
Place VC Won Battle of Jutland, North Sea, HMS Shark
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name Loftus William Jones No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 705 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Commander
Rank End Of Career Commander
Place Of Birth 30 Sussex Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Place Of Death Battle of Jutland, North Sea
Buried/Location Ashes Kviberg Cemetery, Gothenburg, Sweden
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Engelska Krigsgravar Section, Plot II, Row C, Grave 4
Gazetted 6 March 1917
VC Presented 31 March 1917, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Kviberg Cemetery, Gothenburg, Sweden
P Named On War Memorial, High Street, Petersfield, Hampshire
P Memorial Plaque, St Peter's Church, Petersfield, Hampshire
Memorial Plaque, Churchers College, Petersfield, Hampshire
P Named On Wifes Headstone, St John The Baptist Churchyard, Loxwood, West Sussex
Named On HMS Shark Memorial, Church Of Scotland, Invergordon, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
By The Way…
He died during his VC action, his body later washing ashore on the coast of Sweden, were he is buried
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
