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William John Jones

In memory of:

Ordinary Seaman William John Jones

June 17, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

VR/3269

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve

Division:

H.M.S. "Pembroke."

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 265 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VICTORIA MEMORIAL
British Columbia, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

On Vancouver Island in Ross Bay Cemetery, British Columbia, is the VICTORIA MEMORIAL. The cemetery holds 133 war graves and contains, in a separate plot, the Naval Memorial which consists simply of a square block of granite bearing the names of 39 officers and men who were lost or buried at sea in the Pacific Ocean. Of these, 36 were from the HMCS Galiano which went down on October 30, 1918. Behind the VICTORIA MEMORIAL stands a Cross of Sacrifice.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of WILLIAM JOHN JONES– This image shows a trawler converted for naval service during World War I, similar to HM Trawler Fraser, in which William John Jones was serving when he was killed. Fraser was one of 315 trawlers taken up from Hull by the Royal Navy during WW I, of which 52 were lost during the war. HMT Fraser was 310 tons and had been built in 1907 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Ltd. of Beverley (Hull), England for fishing. She was converted in April 1915 for minesweeping and fitted with a single 3-pounder gun. Fraser was sunk by a German mine on 17 June 1917 near Boulogne, France in the English Channel; during which 13 sailors were killed including Ordinary Seaman William John Jones, RNCVR.

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    Photo of WILLIAM JOHN JONES
    Photo of WILLIAM JOHN JONES – This image shows a trawler converted for naval service during World War I, similar to HM Trawler Fraser, in which William John Jones was serving when he was killed. Fraser was one of 315 trawlers taken up from Hull by the Royal Navy during WW I, of which 52 were lost during the war. HMT Fraser was 310 tons and had been built in 1907 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Ltd. of Beverley (Hull), England for fishing. She was converted in April 1915 for minesweeping and fitted with a single 3-pounder gun. Fraser was sunk by a German mine on 17 June 1917 near Boulogne, France in the English Channel; during which 13 sailors were killed including Ordinary Seaman William John Jones, RNCVR.
  • Photo of WILLIAM JOHN JONES– The panel on the Halifax Memorial at Point Pleasant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on which William John Jones's name is inscribed. William Jones was serving as an Ordinary Seaman in HM Trawler Fraser when the ship was sunk by a German mine off Boulogne during World War I. Image taken January 2018 by Tom Tulloch.

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    Photo of WILLIAM JOHN JONES
    Photo of WILLIAM JOHN JONES – The panel on the Halifax Memorial at Point Pleasant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on which William John Jones's name is inscribed. William Jones was serving as an Ordinary Seaman in HM Trawler Fraser when the ship was sunk by a German mine off Boulogne during World War I. Image taken January 2018 by Tom Tulloch.
  • Memorial– The Halifax Memorial at Point Pleasant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada where William John Jones's name is inscribed. Image taken January 2018 by Tom Tulloch.

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    Memorial – The Halifax Memorial at Point Pleasant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada where William John Jones's name is inscribed. Image taken January 2018 by Tom Tulloch.

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