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BORN 1839
DIED 15 April 1913 AGE 73
VC Won 22-23 January 1879 AGE 39
Place VC Won Rorke’s Drift, Natal
War/Campaign The Zulu War
Name William Jones No. 593
VC Issue No. 370 Awards VC
Regiment 24th Regiment, 2nd (Warwickshire) Battalion, B Company
Later South Wales Borderers
Now 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales - disbanded July 2012
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Place Of Death At his daughter's home, 6 Brampton Street, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Philips Park Cemetery, Riverpark Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 21 April 1913
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Church of England Common Ground, Section D, Grave 887
Gazetted 2 May 1879
VC Presented 13 January 1880 by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Philips Park Cemetery, Riverpark Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester
P Victoria Cross honours board, The Royal Welsh Museum, The Barracks, Brecon, Powys
P Plaque on wall of chapel at Philip's Park Cemetery, Manchester, Lancashire
By The Way…
Grave purchased by public subscription
Fraudulent claim for a replacement VC made from Adelaide, South Australia in 1898, refused as claimant wasn't the awardee
VC Held By
South Wales Borderers and Monmouthshire Regiment Museum of the Royal Regiment of Wales, The Barracks, Brecon, Powys, Wales
Thank you to Nick & Lorna Martin for photos Rorke’s Drift
