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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 289

(x) Three: Corporal C. B. Jones, King's Royal Rifle Corps, who was cited in a Special Army Order for his gallantry on the occasion of the loss of R.I.M.S. Warren Hastings

He was later wounded in the disastrous action on Spion Kop on 24 January 1900

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (6231 Pte. C. B. Jones, 1st Bn. K.R. Rifle Corps); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (6231 Pte. G. B. Jones, K.R.R.C.), note first initial; King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6231 Cpl. C. Jones, K.R.R.C.), contact marks, generally very fine (3)


Charles Benjamin Jones enlisted in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in February 1891, aged 19 years, direct from the 10th (Volunteer) Battalion (2nd City of London Rifle Volunteers). He was subsequently embarked for Burma as part of a draft for the 4th Battalion but as a member of 'C' Company he did not qualify for the India General Service Medal 1854-95.

Jones - who transferred to the 1st Battalion in India in October 1892 - was subsequently present in the relief of Chitral operations of 1895 (Medal & clasp). Moreover, he was among those embarked on the ill-fated R.I.M.S. Warren Hastings in January 1897. On the occasion of her loss on the 14th, he was noted for his gallantry in manning a boat that rowed out to save the life of the Bandmaster: he was advanced to Lance-Corporal and mentioned by name in a Special Army Order issued on 13 March 1897.

Having in the interim been placed on the Army Reserve, Jones was recalled to the K.R.R.C. on the advent of hostilities in South Africa and arrived at Durban with the 3rd Battalion in November 1899. He was subsequently wounded in the disastrous action at Spion Kop on 24 January 1900, when his battalion suffered losses of three officers and 18 other ranks killed, and four officers and 58 men wounded. Advanced to Corporal, he was discharged back in England in February 1903; above details courtesy of the Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum, Winchester.


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