Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Eight: Corporal J. D. Jones, 1st County of London Yeomanry, later Sergeant, Legion of Frontiersmen

1914-15 Star (2975 Cpl. J. D. Jones. 1st. Co. of Lond. Y.); British War and Victory Medals (2975 Cpl. J. D. Jones. 1-Co. of Lond. Y.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (260064 Cpl. J. D. Jones. 1/Co: of Lond: Yeo:); Service Medal of the Order of St John (D/O. J. D. Jones. London. S.J.A.B. 1958.); Legion of Frontiersmen Medal for Meritorious Service, silver (30039 Sergt. Inst. J. D. Jones); Legion of Frontiersmen Medal for Long Service and Efficiency, bronze, unnamed, mounted as worn, the TFEM polished and worn, with minor edge bruising, this good fine, the rest nearly very fine and better (8) £400-£500

John Dowsett Jones was born on 1 January 1890 and attested for the 1st County of London Yeomanry, serving with them during the Great War in Egypt from 28 April 1915. The unit proceeded to Gallipoli as dismounted troops in August 1915, before returning to Egypt and re-mounting in December of that year. Jones subsequently served in Salonika and Macedonia, and was disembodied on 2 June 1919.

Jones enrolled in the Shoreditch Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade on 16 August 1943, and was appointed Divisional Secretary on 18 September 1945. He retired on 1 January 1965, aged 75.

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