Ernest Oswald Jones

Remembered with Honour in the Warrington Cemetery

Ernest (Oswald) Jones.

Personal Details:

Born in Oldcastle, Malpas in 1890 (baptised on 29th January 1890.)

Third son of Richard and Sarah Jones of Oldcastle, Malpas.

The 1891 census records Ernest living at Oldcastle.

The 1911 Census records Ernest's occupation as carter.

He married Harriet Marsden of 297 Winwick Road, Warrington, Lancashire.

Father of Elizabeth Ann, Annie E, Sarah, and Ernest O.

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Military Details:

Regiment:           Depot Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Rank:                 Driver.

Serial Number:   14064.

When Ernest enlisted in 1916, his enlistment papers recorded him as a bank clerk.

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Record of Death:

Killed in action in  France 18 June 1918. Age 28.

Buried in Warrington Cemetery. V. NC. 116. 

He died, aged 27, in June 1918 leaving his wife, Harriet, and their four young children.

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Gravestone Inscription:

"REST IN PEACE"

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Further Information:

The Jones family came from Oldcastle, Malpas. All of their children were born there.

The 1901 census records Ernest living at Warrington suggesting his family moved to Warrington sometime between 1891 and 1901.

Husband to Harriet Cairns (formerly Jones, nee Marsden) of 297 Winwick Road, Warrington, Lancashire and father of Elizabeth Ann, Annie E, Sarah, and Ernest O.

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Note*

Ernest is not currently recorded on the Malpas War Memorial or any other UK civic memorial.

It is suggested that this is because the family moved away from Malpas prior to WW1 and were also not associated with the local community at Warrington.