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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 Geoffrey Charles Harris Jones (1896-1968)
Attestation 17 November 1917 4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment:
Name:
Geoffrey
Charles
Harris
Jones.
Address:
Syston
Gardens,
Grantham,
Lincolnshire.
Age
19
years
222
days.
Trade
or
calling:
Gardener.
Married:
No.
Height
5
feet
8
3/4
inches
[1.75m].
Chest
measurement
34
inches
[86.4cm],
range
of
expansion:
1
1/2
inches
[3.8cm].
Medical
History
confirms
chest
measurement.
Weight: 112lbs [51kg]. Physical development: Good. Vision: 6/6 both eyes.
Casualty
Form
-
Active
Service.
Embarked
Southampton
23/2/1917.
Disembarked
Le
Havre
24/2/1917.
30/3/1917,
6/4/1917,
18/4/1917:
Admitted.
Trench
Feet.
30/4/1917:
Admitted.
Debility.
1/5/1917
Discharged
to
duty.
6/5/1917,
8/5/1917,
11/5/1917:
Admitted.
Debility.
Wounded
in
action
15/4/1918
in
France.
Admission
to
General
Military
Hospital,
Colchester
25/4/1918-27/4/1918
for
GSW
[gun
shot
wound]
to
buttock.
In
hospital
3
days.
Transferred
to
Red
Cross
Hospital,
Ardleigh
27/4/19-17/7/18
for
GSW
Back.
In
hospital
81
days.
Transferred
to
General
Military
Hospital,
Colchester
17/7/1918-12/8/1918
for
GSW
buttock.
In
hospital
27
days.
Transferred
to
[illegible]
court
Hospital,
Malden,
Essex.
12/8/1918-9/9/1918
for
GSW
buttock.
In
hospital
28
days.
Transferred
to
Ripon
16/9/1918-22/10/1918
for
GSW
buttock.
Granted
a
furlough
9/9/1918-16/9/1918.
Address
whilst
on
leave:
Owston
Road,
Knossington,
Oakham.
Another
1/11/1918-7/11/1918.
Address
whilst
on
leave: Knossington Inn, Oakham. Demobilized: 3/9/1919, Lichfield. Regimental number: 201875.
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 Geoffrey Charles Harris Jones (1896-
1968)
Attestation 17 November 1917 4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment:
Name:
Geoffrey
Charles
Harris
Jones.
Address:
Syston
Gardens,
Grantham,
Lincolnshire.
Age
19
years
222
days.
Trade
or
calling:
Gardener.
Married:
No.
Height
5
feet
8
3/4
inches
[1.75m].
Chest
measurement
34
inches
[86.4cm],
range
of
expansion:
1
1/2
inches
[3.8cm].
Medical
History
confirms
chest
measurement.
Weight:
112lbs [51kg]. Physical development: Good. Vision: 6/6 both eyes.
Casualty
Form
-
Active
Service.
Embarked
Southampton
23/2/1917.
Disembarked
Le
Havre
24/2/1917.
30/3/1917,
6/4/1917,
18/4/1917:
Admitted.
Trench
Feet.
30/4/1917:
Admitted.
Debility.
1/5/1917
Discharged
to
duty.
6/5/1917,
8/5/1917,
11/5/1917:
Admitted.
Debility.
Wounded
in
action
15/4/1918
in
France.
Admission
to
General
Military
Hospital,
Colchester
25/4/1918-27/4/1918
for
GSW
[gun
shot
wound]
to
buttock.
In
hospital
3
days.
Transferred
to
Red
Cross
Hospital,
Ardleigh
27/4/19-17/7/18
for
GSW
Back.
In
hospital
81
days.
Transferred
to
General
Military
Hospital,
Colchester
17/7/1918-
12/8/1918
for
GSW
buttock.
In
hospital
27
days.
Transferred
to
[illegible]
court
Hospital,
Malden,
Essex.
12/8/1918-9/9/1918
for
GSW
buttock.
In
hospital
28
days.
Transferred
to
Ripon
16/9/1918-
22/10/1918
for
GSW
buttock.
Granted
a
furlough
9/9/1918-
16/9/1918.
Address
whilst
on
leave:
Owston
Road,
Knossington,
Oakham.
Another
1/11/1918-7/11/1918.
Address
whilst
on
leave:
Knossington
Inn,
Oakham.
Demobilized:
3/9/1919,
Lichfield.
Regimental number: 201875.
