Henry Mitchell Jones
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Henry Mitchell Jones VC, also known as Henry Michael Jones (11 February 1831 – 18 December 1916) was an Irish 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. In later life he was a British diplomat.
Jones was born in
Jones was promoted to captain in 1855 and was awarded the VC "for having distinguished himself, while serving with the party which stormed and took the Quarries, before Sebastopol, by repeatedly leading on his men to repel the continual assaults of the enemy during the night. Although wounded early in the evening, Captain Jones remained unflinchingly at his post until after daylight the following morning." This took place on 7 June 1855, during the Siege of Sebastopol, but Jones' Victoria Cross was not gazetted (formally announced) until September 1857.[3]
Jones resigned his commission three months prior to the notification of the award of his Victoria Cross, and entered the
He retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1898 and died in Eastbourne, Sussex, on 18 December 1916.[2]
The Medal
Jones' Victoria Cross is displayed at the Victoria Barracks in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
References
- ^ Kelleher, JP (2010). "The Royal Fusiliers Recipients of The Victoria Cross for Valour" (PDF).
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- ^ "No. 22043". The London Gazette. 25 September 1857. p. 3194.
- ^ The London Gazette, 14 August 1863
- ^ The London Gazette, 5 February 1875
- ^ The London Gazette, 26 November 1880
- ^ From the London Gazette, Friday, 8 Feb., The Times, 9 February 1889, page 6
- ^ The London Gazette, 5 July 1895
Listed in order of publication year
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
- Clarke, Brian D. H. (1986). "A register of awards to Irish-born officers and men". The Irish Sword. XVI (64): 185–287.
- ISBN 1-899243-00-3(Dept of Economic Development, 1995)
- Monuments to Courage(David Harvey, 1999)
- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross(Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
- JONES, Capt. Henry Michael, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 11 Sept 2012
External links
- Location of grave and VC medal (East Sussex)