Private Jeffrey Alan Jones joined 2 PARA shortly before deploying for a residential tour of Northern Ireland in 1979.
He died on 27 August 1979, aged just 18 years, as a result of the Warrenpoint IRA bombing in which 18 paratroopers were killed.
Pte Jones was cremated at Gwent Crematorium in Wales.
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