Edward George Jones

First Name: Edward George Initials: E G Surname: Jones DOB: Circa 1906 Age: 35 Nationality: British Date of Death: 27/04/1941 - 30/04/1941 Information: Parents: Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Jones, of Lewisham, London. A.L.C.M. Rank: Lance Corporal Service Number: 2578809 Service: British Army Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals Battalion: 1st Armoured Brigade Signals (2nd Armoured Divisional Signals) Commemorated: Britain One of four men of a signal detachment who were killed in action at sea on 27 April 1941 when the Dutch troopship D.S.S. Slamat and the destroyers H.M.S. Diamond and H.M.S. Wryneck were sunk in air attacks east of the Peloponnese in the evacuation during the Battle of Greece. The others from this detachment who were killed were Signalmen F. L. Richards and G. H. V. Wood and L W Jackson Thirty-one Royal Signals all ranks from several units were lost