Born: 1898, Chapel en le Frith
Died: 1 July 1916, Somme
Buried:
Address: 16 Airedale Street, Eccleshill
Parents: Edward & Martha, nee Limas
Spouse:
Siblings: Seven plus two step brothers
Occupation: W W Vint, worsted spinners
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Eccleshill, Park & St Luke’s; Thiepval Memorial
Children:
Regiment: Prince of Wales
Ernest Jones
Ernest Jones was born in 1898 in
Chapel en Le Frith, the son of
Edward and Martha nee Lomas.
Ernest was the third youngest of
seen children and two siblings from
his mother’s earlir marriage.
In 1900 the family moved to
Bradford to live at 15 and 17 North
Street in Idle.
In 1911 most of the children had
left home but the remainder were
living with Thomas Wilcock who is
shown as an uncle on the census.
They were living at 7 Lordsfield
Place, Dudley Hill and Ernest, at 14
years of age, was
working as a doffer in a
spinning mill.
At the time of his
enlistment he was
employed by Messrs. W
W Vint, worsted
spinners, Eccleshill.
Ernest enlisted at Private
23602 in the 2nd
Battalion of the West
Yorkshire Regiment
(Prince of Wales Own), which
became part of the 8th Division
which in turn became part of the
Fourth Army under the
command of Sir Henry
Rawlinson.
The date of Ernest’s
enlistment is not known
or how long he had
served on the Western
Front but The Fourth
Army was to carry out
the main British
contribution to the
Battle of the Somme
and to attack astride the
Albert-Bapaume Road. The attack
took place at 7.30am on the 1st July
1916 and was completely defeated
and Ernest was pronounced
“missing”.
His family were informed later that
summer that Ernest was officially
confirmed a having been killed in
action. He was 19 years of age.
He is remembered on the Thiepval
memorial where are recorded the
names of officers and men who fell
on the Somme Battlefields July
1915 to February 1918 but have no
known grave.
He left his effects to his siblings
each receiving 7s 6d.
.
Researched and written by Jean
Britteon, to whom many thanks
