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Private George E. Jones

 

Number: 11258

Company: 61st (Dublin) Company, 17th Battalion, First Contingent

ENLISTMENT

Date: 22 January 1900

Place: Newbridge

Age: 23 years 6 months stated on enlistment. (Born 16 July 1876 at Shambles Barracks, Galway.)

Trade or calling: Land agent's assistant/ Clerk

Place of birth: In the Parish of Galway, in or near the Town of Galway, in the County of Galway

Family: Single. Father George Jones, Welsh-born, green-grocer and army pensioner, mother Kate Jones (nee Davis), English-born, of 4 Bridge Street Galway.

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 5 3/4". Complexion fair/ fresh, eyes grey/ blue, hair fair/ light brown.

Religion: 'Other Protestant' recorded on first enlistment. Church of Ireland on second enlistment.

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 6 April 1900

Date home: 10 June 1901

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal; King's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Rhodesia, 1901, 1902 clasps.

DISCHARGE

Date: 15 June 1901

Place: Dublin

Reason for discharge: The termination of his engagement

 

Jones may have been the Corporal Jones mentioned in a letter written home by a fellow Yeoman from Umtali on 28 June 1900, relating to an attempted shooting by a civilian, which was published in the Northern Whig of 4 August. It can be seen here. (The only other possibility is Private John Fitzwilliam Jones - No. 11201.)

On 20 September 1901 he re-enlisted at Dublin in the 117th (Sharpshooters) Company, 25th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry (No.11258).September 1901 Dublin. He embarked for South Africa with his company on 19 October 1901. On 1 July 1902 he was discharged at Elandsfontein at his own request to take up civil employment with the Standard Bank of South Africa, Johannesburg, his military conduct recorded as 'very good'.

This page last updated 10 August 2026.