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Name: JONES, Herbert Morgan
Birth Date: ?1883 Glin, Ireland
Death Date: 18 June 1927 Mombasa
First Date: 1914
Last Date: 1927
Profession: PWD overseer, engineer
Area: Mombasa, 1925 Eldoret
Married: Florence Annie
Children: dau. (1910)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 22, Medals, Barnes, Gazette
War Service: East African units
General Information:
Medals - EA Pioneer Company - Herbert M. Jones, No. 3167, Pioneer
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - Herbert Morgan Jones, died 18 Jun 1927 age 43, European Hospital, Bronchial Pneumonia Heart Failure
Gazette 19/8/1914 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Foreman, PWD - 4/8/1914
KAD 1922 - Assistant Engineer, PWD
Gazette - 5/7/1927 - Obituary - His Excellency the Acting Governor regrets to announce the death on the 18th June at the European Civil Hospital, Mombasa of Herbert Morgan Jones, Overseer in the Public Works Department. Mr Jones entered the service of the Colony on the 5th July 1914 and saw service with the military forces during the late war in the East African theatre. Mr Jones proved himself a most conscientious and capable officer and was esteemed by all with whom he came into contact.
Western Mail 20 June 1921, p. 10