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{{Short description|English navy commander (1879–1916)}} | {{Short description|English navy commander (1879–1916)}} | ||
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{{Infobox military person | {{Infobox military person | ||
|name=Loftus | |honorific_prefix = [[Commander (Royal Navy)|Commander]] | ||
|honorific_suffix= | |name = Loftus Jones | ||
|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|VC}} | |||
|birth_date={{birth date|df=y|1879|11|13}} | |birth_date={{birth date|df=y|1879|11|13}} | ||
|death_date={{death date and age|df=y|1916|5|31|1879|11|13}} | |death_date={{death date and age|df=y|1916|5|31|1879|11|13}} | ||
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*[[HMS Sparrowhawk (1895)|HMS ''Sparrowhawk'']] | * [[HMS Sparrowhawk (1895)|HMS ''Sparrowhawk'']] | ||
*[[HMS Success (1901)|HMS ''Success'']] | * [[HMS Success (1901)|HMS ''Success'']] | ||
*[[HMS Shark (1912)|HMS ''Shark'']] | * [[HMS Shark (1912)|HMS ''Shark'']] | ||
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[[File:HMS Shark (WWI).jpg|thumb|HMS ''Shark'']] | [[File:HMS Shark (WWI).jpg|thumb|HMS ''Shark'']] | ||
==The | ==The medal== | ||
His medal was purchased by Lord Ashcroft in 2012 and is on display at the [[Imperial War Museum]]'s Victoria Cross and George Cross gallery in London.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/inside-first-world-war/part-five/10544345/vc-winner-commander-jones.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120063941/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/inside-first-world-war/part-five/10544345/vc-winner-commander-jones.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 January 2014 | title='No finer act' had the Royal Navy ever known | date=5 January 2014 | accessdate=6 January 2014 | author=Ashcroft. Michael | His medal was purchased by Lord Ashcroft in 2012 and is on display at the [[Imperial War Museum]]'s Victoria Cross and George Cross gallery in London.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/inside-first-world-war/part-five/10544345/vc-winner-commander-jones.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120063941/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/inside-first-world-war/part-five/10544345/vc-winner-commander-jones.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 January 2014 | title='No finer act' had the Royal Navy ever known | date=5 January 2014 | accessdate=6 January 2014 | author=Ashcroft. Michael | pages=10–11}}</ref> | ||
==Home town memorial== | ==Home town memorial== | ||
There is a memorial to him outside [[St Peter's Church, Petersfield]].<ref>[http://www.petersfieldpost.co.uk/article.cfm?id=105091&headline=Plaque%20in%20hounor%20of%20Petersfield%20Victoria%20Cross%20hero%20to%20be%20laid%20in%20The%20Square§ionIs=news&searchyear=2016 Petersfield Post]</ref> | There is a memorial to him outside [[St Peter's Church, Petersfield]].<ref>[http://www.petersfieldpost.co.uk/article.cfm?id=105091&headline=Plaque%20in%20hounor%20of%20Petersfield%20Victoria%20Cross%20hero%20to%20be%20laid%20in%20The%20Square§ionIs=news&searchyear=2016 Petersfield Post]</ref> | ||
== See also == | ==See also== | ||
* [[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999) | |||
*[[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999) | * [[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (This England, 1997) | ||
*[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (This England, 1997) | * [[VCs of the First World War - The Naval VCs]] (Stephen Snelling, 2002) | ||
*[[VCs of the First World War - The Naval VCs]] (Stephen Snelling, 2002) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
{{Commons category | {{Commons category|Loftus Jones}} | ||
* [http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_loftusjonesvc.htm Royal Naval Museum] | * [http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_loftusjonesvc.htm Royal Naval Museum] | ||
* [http://www.seayourhistory.org.uk/content/view/149/237/ See Your History – Loftus William Jones] | * [http://www.seayourhistory.org.uk/content/view/149/237/ See Your History – Loftus William Jones] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:01, 12 August 2025
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Commander Loftus William Jones VC (13 November 1879 – 31 May 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Born 13 November 1879 in Southsea to Admiral Loftus Francis Jones and Gertrude (née Gray), of Petersfield, Hampshire,[1] Jones was educated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy.[2] He was appointed as a sub-lieutenant to HMS Spiteful in 1901.[2] Promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1902,[3] he was appointed later that year to Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., shore station at Hong Kong, for service on destroyers in reserve at the China Station.[4] He rose to become a commander in the Royal Navy aboard Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". during the First World War.
Jones was 36 years old, on 31 May 1916, at the Battle of Jutland when he performed an act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Jones went down with his ship.
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Commander Jones' body was washed ashore in Western Sweden some days after the battle. He was originally buried at Fiskebäckskil, Västra Götaland, Sweden. His body was transferred to the British War Graves plot in Kviberg Cemetery, Gothenburg in 1961.[1]
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The medal
His medal was purchased by Lord Ashcroft in 2012 and is on display at the Imperial War Museum's Victoria Cross and George Cross gallery in London.[5]
Home town memorial
There is a memorial to him outside St Peter's Church, Petersfield.[6]
See also
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- VCs of the First World War - The Naval VCs (Stephen Snelling, 2002)
References
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- 1879 births
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- Military personnel from Portsmouth
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- Royal Navy officers
- British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Royal Navy officers of World War I
- People educated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy