Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain J. M. Jones, Monmouthshire Regiment

1914-15 Star (Lieut., Monmouth R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, bronze palm on ribbon, very fine (4) £200-250

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 November 1915; 1 January 1916; 15 June 1916.

France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 22 November 1918.

John Merton Jones was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment on 7 June 1913 and advanced to Lieutenant on 1 November 1914. Ranked as Temporary Captain in May 1915, he was promoted to that rank in March 1916. Captain Jones was seconded for duty with the Royal Engineers in September 1916 and as such was awarded the French Croix de Guerre. Captain Jones relinquished his commission whilst retaining his rank on 30 September 1921. With copied gazette extracts and other research; also with a copied photograph.