Alfred George Jones (1914 - 1944)

Born 18 Aug 1914 in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

Died 9 Nov 1944 at age 30 in Mauthausen Concentration Camp, Mauthausen, Perg, Upper Austria, Austria

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Biography

Alfred Jones died as a result of persecution during the Holocaust.

Alfred was born on 18 August 1914 to George Jones and Ellen Jones nee Goddard and his birth was registered^[1][2]during the third quarter of 1914 in the district of Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom.

Alfred was baptised^[3]on 21 July 1915 in the parish of Aberavon, Glamorgan. At the time of the ceremony the family were residing in Velindre Street, Velindre, Port Talbot, Glamorgan and his father George Jones worked as a Railway Signalman.

Alfred, an officer Bombardier with the British Army was captured whilst fighting during World War II and sent to^[4]was captured and sent to^[5]on 4 September 1944 before being transferred one week later on 16 September 1944 to Mauthausen Concentration Camp, Mauthausen, Austria as a Protective Custody Prisoner. Alfred was executed just under two months later on 9 November 1944.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration:"England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915"
   Original data: England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office; Volume: 11a; Page: 2138
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8912 #15219944 (accessed 10 May 2024)
   Alfred G Jones birth registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1914 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, child of Goddard
2. ↑ Birth Registration:"England & Wales Birth Index"
   FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 10 May 2024)
   Jones, Alfred G. (Mother's maiden name: Goddard).
   GRO Reference: 1914 Jul-Aug-Sep in Neath Volume 11a Page 2138
3. ↑ Baptism:"Glamorganshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1570-1994"
   Archives Wales; Wales; Glamorgan Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62105 #941245 (accessed 10 May 2024)
   Alfred George Jones baptism on 21 Jul 1915 (born 18 Aug 1914), child of George Frederick Jones & Ellen Jones, in Aberavon, Glamorganshire, Wales
4. ↑ Dachau, Germany Concentration Camp Records 1945:"Germany, Dachau Concentration Camp Records, 1945"
   Original data: Miscellaneous Lists and Registers of German Concentration Camp Inmates, Originated or Collected by the International Tracing Service (Arolsen); (National Archives Microfilm Publication A3355, rolls 15-19); National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Record Group 242; National Archives, Washington, D.C. This data is provided in partnership with JewishGen.org; Page: 2490/Scha
   Ancestry Record 1371 #102959 (accessed 10 May 2024)
   Name: Alfred Jones; Nationality: English; Birth Date: 18 Aug 1914; Birth Place: Port Talbot; Arrival Date: 4 Sep 1944; Arrival Country: Germany; Prisoner Number: 98277; Arrival Notes: 04 Sep 1944 Natzweiler; Disposition Notes: transferred 14 Sep 1944 Mauthausen; Description: prisoner English Name unknown; Original Notes (desc. / arr. / dis.): Sch. Engl. NN/ 04 Sep 1944 Na./ üb. 14 Sep 1944 Mau
5. ↑ Wikipedia; Natzweiler-Struthop Concentration Camp, Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natzweiler-Struthof_concentration_camp (accessed 10 May 2024)

See also:

https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/person_view.php?PersonId=4356054