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Military service
Service number:
B/64373
Age:
32
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 9, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. A. 3.
Additional information
Son of Albert Henry and Louisa Jones; husband of Mary C. Jones, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Albert Henry Jones
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Photo of Albert Henry Jones
Sergeant Jones enlisted in the Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 and served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. He landed on D-Day and fought in Normandy until the final day of the battle for Carpiquet airfield when he was KIA. -
Obituary
This obituary column for Sergeant Jones was obtained from a Toronto newspaper by Mrs. Josie McQuade in 1944. -
Gravemarker
Captain Craig Cameron took this photo of Sergeant Jones' gravemarker in 1997. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Henry Jones
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Henry Jones
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Henry Jones
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Henry Jones
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Henry Jones
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Henry Jones
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Henry Jones
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Henry Jones
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Albert Henry Jones
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 347 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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