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Private Ernest Henry Jones

 

© 2015 Royston Williamson
© 2015 Royston Williamson

Thank you to Patricia Brazier for the following research

Ernest was baptised at St. Pauls Church, Dorking on 17th November 1876. His father is Henry, a labourer, and his mother is Esther (nee Garnley). Their address is Cotmandene, Dorking.

In the 1891 census, his family are living at 5 Harrow Road in Dorking. Henry, Ernest’s father, is a gardener. He is 52 and was born in Ashtead, Surrey. Esther, his mother, is 48 and was born in Dorking. Ernest is 14 and an errand boy. There are four other children: William J (13), Walter John (10), Annie Jane (8), and Esther Lilian (4).

The 1901 census finds the family still living at 5 Harrow Road. Henry is still a gardener and Ernest is a shop assistant in the boot trade. Walter is a nursery gardener and Esther Lilian has no occupation. Annie Jane is a housemaid with a family in Dorking and William J is boarding with a family in Chiswick. He is a tram car conductor.

Ernest’s mother Esther died on 17th May 1901.

In the Electoral Rolls of 1910 and 1909 Ernest is living at 30a Hampstead Road in Dorking with his brother Walter John.

In the 1911 census Ernest is living at 23 Orchard Road in Dorking. He is a boot salesman. In the same house are his brother Walter John and Walter’s wife Harriet. Their father Henry is a patient at the County Asylum in Woking.

On Saturday 17th November 1917 this notice appeared in the Dorking Advertiser:-

SURREY AND THE WAR

DORKING MAN MISSING

Mrs. W. J. Jones of 19, Dene Street Gardens, Dorking, has received news that her brother in law, Pte. E. H. Jones, Middlesex Regiment, has been missing since October 4th. Before joining the Army Pte. Jones was for many years with Mr. Beams, High Street.

Ernest Henry Jones Missing Notice © Dorking Advertiser

Ernest died on 4th October 1917. On this day his regiment was involved in the 3rd Battle of Ypres in Broodseind.

EH Jones Tyne Cot Memorial © Ian Jones 2017
EH Jones Tyne Cot Memorial Panel © Ian Jones 2017

He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 113 – 115.

Born Dorking, Surrey
Lived Dorking, Surrey
Son of Henry and Esther (nee Garnley) Jones
Regiment 3rd/10th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge Middlesex Regiment
Number G/4076
Date of Death 4th October 1917
Place of Death Ypres, Belgium.
Cause of Death Killed in action
Age 41
Memorial Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
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