Date of birth:

1920

Date of death:

August 23rd, 2014 (United Kingdom)

Nationality:

British

B coy 2nd battalion South Wales Borderers.

In row VIII.B.1 of Ryes War Cemetery is the grave of Private Frederick James Jones, B-Cie 2nd South Wales Borderers. He was wounded in the head on June 6, 1944, and died in the Bayeux Field Hospital on June 9, 1944.

During the fighting on June 6, after Private Jones was wounded in the head, Private Bill Evans bandaged his head and had to leave Private Jones for the medics. It wasn't until the late 1990s that Bill Evans discovered that Private Jones had actually died of his wounds. From then on, until his death on August 23, 2014, Bill Evans visited Jones's grave every year and sang the Welsh national anthem there. Friends and acquaintances of Bill Evans still visit Private Jones's grave every year and place a cross there in his name.

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