Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted badge of a companion, inscribed ‘Arthur Jones Esquire, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army and Major in the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 8th December 1815, 190x115mm, extremely fine £350-400

Arthur Jones joined the Army as an Ensign in the 36th Foot in January 1795. He transferred as a Lieutenant to the 71st Highland Regiment in October 1795, and served with them continuously until 1831, and as their commanding officer from 1824. In August 1805 he sailed with the expedition to the Cape of Good Hope, where he was present at the action on 8th January, and also at the surrender of the town and castle of Cape Town two days later. In April 1807 he embarked with his regiment on the expedition to South America. After landing at Quilmes on the River Plate, he was present at the surrender of the city of Buenos Ayres to the British, and in the subsequent defence of that city culminating in the capitulation of the British, on which occasion he was taken prisoner.

He next served in Portugal at the action of Roleia, and was wounded at the battle of Vimiero. He was present throughout the Corunna campaign of 1808-09, and in July 1809 accompanied the Walcheren expedition. He was given command of the 2nd Battalion in May 1810, in Scotland, but, in January 1814, he joined the 1st Battalion in Spain and fought at the battle of Toulouse the following April. He was second-in-command of the regiment, and severely wounded, at the battle of Waterloo (Companion of the Bath, and Waterloo Medal). He commanded the 71st from 1824 until 1831, and died on 12 Novemebr 1836.