Harry Edgar Jones
He was a clerk in 1911.
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Harry Edgar Jones was born in 1897 at Nottingham, was the son of the late Archibald William (a trades union secretary who died O/N/D/1901 aged 40) and Ellen Jones née Day . He was the brother of William and Sidney Jones of 55 Lord Nelson Street, Sneinton, Nottingham.
His father Archibald William Jones was born in 1861 at Eckington, Worcestershire, he died in 1901 aged 40 yrs, his mother Ellen Maria Day was born in 1861 at Eckington, they were married in 1887 at Pershore, Worcestershire, they went onto have 3 children, their other children were William born 1889 and Sidney Lborn 1899
In 1891, the family lived at 6, Myrtle Avenue, Berridge Road Nottingham. In 1901, their home was 209, Princess Road, Moss Side, Manchester.
By 1911, they had returned to Nottingham to live at 68, Westwood Road Sneinton, Nottingham, his widowed mother Ellen 50 yrs is living with her children, William 22 yrs a compositor 14 yrs a clerk and Sidney L 12 yrs of age.
Private Harry Edgar Jones enlisted at Nottingham on the 5th October 1914 standing 5' 6" and weighing 110 lbs. He incorrectly declared his age to be 19 years 9 months. He was killed during the Battle of Loos.
Lieutenant Colonel Mike Briggs notes 'Between 13th and 15th October, the 1/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th and 1/8th Battalions of the Foresters suffered about 110 men killed, the vast majority of (whom) don’t have a known grave and are commemorated on the Loos Memorial. The 1/7th Battalion (Robin Hoods) is a good example; on 13th October they were ordered to the Hohenzollern Redoubt and had 43 Officers and men killed; 36 have no known grave. The other 7 men... seem to be post war reburials in various cemeteries around the Loos area.' (Great War Forum on line)
Harry Edgar Jones is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner, Panel 87 to 89
Nottingham Post notice (abridged), 10th November 1915: 'Jones. Killed in action October 13th, Private Harry E Jones, Sherwood Foresters, second son of the late A.W. Jones, gen. sec. T.A., aged 18. From his sorrowing other, brothers and May.'
He is listed as Henry on the 1901 Census but Harry in other sources.
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Harry Edgar Jones
Photo published in the Nottingham Evening Post dated 1st December 1915, courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918