Private Edward W J Jones

Edward William John Jones was the son of Edward and Hilda Jones, of Liverpool, he enlisted into the General Service Corps and volunteered for airborne forces.

Pte Jones successfully completed parachute training at RAF Ringway and was posted to B Company, 8th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).

Pte Jones was killed in action on 25 August 1944, aged 20, and was given a field burial at Quetteville and was re-interred to Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France, on 25 October 1945.

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