© S M Jones
Content is free for most uses - see legal stuff. Last update 7 Jun 2020
Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you came from,
you won’t know where you are going.
You have to study your history. Gil Scott-Heron
Service Records for Stanley Jonathan Jones (1891-1977)
Attestation 15 February 1915 in Oakham for the Royal Garrison Artillery:
Name:
Stanley
Jones.
Age
24
years
85
days.
Trade
or
calling:
Bricklayer’s
labourer.
Married:
No.
Height
6
feet
[1.8m].
Chest
measurement
38
inches
[96.5cm],
range
of
expansion:
2
inches
[5cm].
Weight:
152lbs
[69kg].
Complexion: Pale. Eyes: Blue. Hair: Dark. Distinctive marks: Operative scar for L varicocele.
Amongst
various
postings
in
the
Statement
of
Services
is
an
entry:
“Date
of
offence
30/3/1918.
Committed
crime.
In
confinement
awaiting
trial
1/4/18
to
9/4/18.
Tried
by
F.G.C.M.
&
sentenced
to
F.P.
No.
1
and
fined
10/-
[50p
-
worth
about
£33
today]
for
when
on
active
service
(1)
Drunkeness
(2)
Conduct
to
the
prejudice
of
good
order and military discipline. Confirmed by G.O.C. Heavy Artillery British Forces in Italy 11/4/18.”
However,
the
(undated)
Army
Form
D.402
“Particulars
of
a
Soldier’s
Character
on
Discharge
or
Transfer
to
the
Reserve”
records
the
following:
“Very
good.
Honest,
sober
and
trustworthy.
An
excellent
worker
clean,
intelligent
and
punctual.
Has
been
employed
for
three
months
as
waiter
and
cook
in
a
Sergeants
Mess,
where
he has done very well and will be difficult to replace by an equally good man.”
Steve & Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you
came from,you won’t know where you
are going.You have to study your history.
Gil Scott-Heron
© S M Jones
Content is free for most uses - see legal stuff. Last update 7 Jun 2020
Service Records for Stanley Jonathan Jones (1891-1977)
Attestation
15
February
1915
in
Oakham
for
the
Royal
Garrison
Artillery:
Name:
Stanley
Jones.
Age
24
years
85
days.
Trade
or
calling:
Bricklayer’s
labourer.
Married:
No.
Height
6
feet
[1.8m].
Chest
measurement
38
inches
[96.5cm],
range
of
expansion:
2
inches
[5cm].
Weight:
152lbs
[69kg].
Complexion:
Pale.
Eyes:
Blue.
Hair:
Dark. Distinctive marks: Operative scar for L varicocele.
Amongst
various
postings
in
the
Statement
of
Services
is
an
entry:
“Date
of
offence
30/3/1918.
Committed
crime.
In
confinement
awaiting
trial
1/4/18
to
9/4/18.
Tried
by
F.G.C.M.
&
sentenced
to
F.P.
No.
1
and
fined
10/-
[50p
-
worth
about
£33
today]
for
when
on
active
service
(1)
Drunkeness
(2)
Conduct
to
the
prejudice
of
good
order
and
military
discipline.
Confirmed
by
G.O.C.
Heavy
Artillery
British Forces in Italy 11/4/18.”
However,
the
(undated)
Army
Form
D.402
“Particulars
of
a
Soldier’s
Character
on
Discharge
or
Transfer
to
the
Reserve”
records
the
following:
“Very
good.
Honest,
sober
and
trustworthy.
An
excellent
worker
clean,
intelligent
and
punctual.
Has
been
employed
for
three
months
as
waiter
and
cook
in
a
Sergeants
Mess,
where
he
has
done
very well and will be difficult to replace by an equally good man.”
