THE VICTORIA CROSS GROUP AWARDED TO SERGEANT DAVID JONES, KING'S ( LIVERPOOL ) REGIMENT, HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE MUSEUM OF LIVERPOOL. |
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3 November 2009 |
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Medal entitlement of Sergeant David Jones, 12th Bn, King's ( Liverpool ) Regiment
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It would appear that the widow of David Jones was not happy when, in 1958, the King's ( Liverpool ) Regiment merged with the Manchester Regiment to form the King's Regiment. As a result she decided to donate her husband's Victoria Cross to his old employer, J. Blake & Company, who manufactured motor parts. The firm then decided to send the VC on a long term loan to the King's ( Liverpool ) Regiment Collection, held by the Museum of Liverpool Life, located on the city's Pier Head. A decision has now been made by the Trustees of J. Blake & Co. to donate David Jones' Victoria Cross to the Museum of Liverpool, a new museum opened recently on the same site as the old museum. The VC has been donated into the care of the Museum of Liverpool, rather than the King's ( Liverpool ) Regiment Collection, to keep alive the link between the Trustees of J. Blake & Co. and the city of Liverpool. ( The whereabouts of David Jones' WWI Trio of campaign medals is unknown ). For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 26 October 1916 ], Guillimont, Somme, France, 3 September 1916, Sergeant David Jones, 12th Bn, King's ( Liverpool ) Regiment.
For most conspicuous bravery, devotion to duty, and ability displayed in the handling of his platoon ( Guillemont, France ).
David Jones's widow was presented with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 31st March 1917.
David Jones was in number 10 platoon of the 12th battalion and was killed in the fighting. His body was buried at Bancourt British Cemetery, Plot V. Row F, Grave 20.
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Iain Stewart, 3 November 2009