Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George Andrew Jones
In memory of:
Sergeant George Andrew Jones
July 4, 1944
Military Service
R/10634
21
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Additional Information
Son of Andrew Haley Jones and Jean Anna Jones, of Barrie, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 348 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom
52. A. 7.
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Cenotaph – Barrie Cenotaph -
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Memorial Street – Barrie street named in honour of Sergeant George Andrew Jones with a poppy. -
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Memorial – Sergeant George Andrew Jones is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Sergeant George Andrew Jones is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of George Andrew Jones – Ancestry.ca has George Andrew Jones WW2 Services records available. On one of the pages - RAF Form 5003, this photo is embedded. -
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Memorial – This plaque, in the entrance foyer of St. Mary's Catholic Church, 65 Amelia Street, Barrie, Ontario, commemorates members of the parish who died in World War II. It includes the name of Sgt George Jones. Sgt Jones was killed when a Wellington bomber aircraft of 24 Operational Training Unit, in which he was a crewman, crashed at Honeybourne, England. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2022.) -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Annually, in about October and November, banners are displayed in Barrie, Ontario, to commemorate the local war dead. Pictured here is the banner in memory of Sergeant George A. Jones. (The banner misstates Jones's rank as flying officer rather than sergeant.) Sgt Jones, serving in 24 Operational Training Unit, was killed in a flying accident in the early morning hours of 4 July 1944. While on a nighttime cross-country training exercise, a Wellington bomber in which he was the rear gunner crashed near Honeybourne, Worcestershire, England. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2022.) -
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