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VC756 Thomas Alfred Jones
Name Thomas Alfred Jones No. 11000
VC Issue No. 756 Awards VC DCM
Regiment Cheshire Regiment, 1st Battalion
Later
Now 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth 39 Princess Street, Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Place Of Death Victoria Memorial Hospital, Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Runcorn Cemetery, Greenway Road, Cheshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 3 February 1956
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section 11, family plot
Gazetted 26 October 1916
VC Presented 18 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Runcorn Cemetery, Greenway Road, Cheshire, England
P Memorial Stone In Floor, Chester Cathedral, Cheshire
Memorial Plaque, Cheshire Military Museum, Chester Castle, Cheshire
P Named On Victoria Cross Memorial, Victoria Park, Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire
P Named On Victoria Cross Memorial, Halton British Legion, Runcorn, Cheshire
Statue, Memorial Gardens, Runcorn, Cheshire
Road, Thomas Jones Way, Runcorn, Cheshire
By The Way…
His headstone was renovated in 1986
VC Held By
Cheshire Regiment Museum, The Castle, Chester, Cheshire, England
BORN 25 December 1880
DIED 30 January 1956 AGE 75
VC Won 25 September 1916 AGE 35
Place VC Won Morval, Somme, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
