ROY WILLIAM JONES

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Photograph courtesy of Michelle.

Born: 1923, Ipswich.

Died: 8th August 1944; age: 21.

Residence: a flat, 17/19, Berners Street, Ipswich.

Rank: Trooper; Service Number: 14288420.

Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps, 22nd Dragoons.

Grave Reference:

III.D.25.

Bayeux War Cemetery,

Calvados,

France.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Mrs. D. V. Jones, of Ipswich.

Father: Frederick Charles Jones, 1891, London – died 1933, London.

Mother: Daisy Valentine Jones (nee Kerby), born January 1896, Ipswich.

ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939.

Roy lived with his widowed mother and brothers at their family home, a flat at 17/19 Berners Street, Ipswich.

Daisy, unpaid Domestic Duties.

John N. Jones, born 1926, Ipswich.

Richard Reuben Kerby- Jones, at School, born April 1930, Lambeth, Greater London.

Roy is also remembered on the British Normandy Memorial, virtually opened by His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, on the 6^th June 2021.

1944 The 22nd Dragoons landed on Sword Beach, and the B Squadron landed on Juno Beach. Later in the day, the C Squadron landed on Juno Beach, where they remained for several days on beach clearance duties using flail Sherman tanks. Once the beaches were cleared, the regiment saw sporadic action in the fighting through France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Cutting pathways through minefields, the Mark 4 Sherman Crab Flail Tanks were slow-moving while clearing mines and were vulnerable to the enemy attack as well as the danger of running into mines which had been missed by the flail.