JONES, Charles Henry

Haifa War Cemetery, Israel & PalestineCredit: CWGC

Rifleman
1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles
Hampshire Regiment

Charles was born 1896 in Newport to Janet JONES who was living at 7 Union Street in Newport around the time of Charles’ death. The family had previously lived at 15 Trafalgar Road, also in Newport.

Charles, aged 22, Died of Wounds on the 12th of May 1917 & is buried in Haifa War Cemetery, Israel & Palestine beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription: “AT REST”. He rests alongside 304 of his First World War comrades, 86 of whom remain unidentified.

Charles is also remembered on the Newport Borough & IW Rifles War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.