Rees Jones

Private John "Rees" Jones. Service Number: 203373. Regiment & Unit/Ship: Welsh Regiment. 11th Bn. Died: 06 October 1918. Buried or commemorated at: MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, GREECE Plot: 518. No: 515. Cross. Secondary Unit, Regiment attd: 67th Bn Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). ******* John "Rees" Jones, Private, 203373, Welsh Regiment. Rees was the son of Rees and Elizabeth Jones (nee Evans), of Llanybydder. He resided at Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen near Ammanford, prior to the war, and enlisted there into the army, and was posted to the 11th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, which was known as the Cardiff Pals battalion, and was in Salonika attached to 67 Brigade, 22nd Division. Here he was transferred into the 67th Battalion Machine Gun Corps, which was attached to the 22nd Division, and it was with there that Rees died, on 6 October 1918, aged 35. He is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria. (From: https://www.wwwmp.co.uk/carmarthenshire-memorials/llanybydder-war-memorial/) *** John "Rees" Jones is also remembered on his parents headstone at Aberduar Welsh Baptist Church, Llanybydder. Memorial ID: 213863884 ***