William Jones – Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Hood Battalion
Able Seaman William Jones – Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Hood Battalion Early Life William Jones was born in 1881 , the son of William and Anne Jones of Pantyffynnon, Carmarthenshire . Marriage William later married Margaret Jones , of 23 Baldwins Crescent, King’s Dock, Swansea . Royal Naval Service He served as an Able Seaman with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , attached to the Hood Battalion of the Royal Naval Division , a formation of naval volunteers who fought as infantry on the Western Front. Hood Battalion – 30 th December 1917 By late December 1917 , the Hood Battalion , part of the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division , was holding front‑line positions on the Somme during a period of severe winter conditions. The trenches were waterlogged , the ground frozen , and the men endured long hours exposed to bitter winds and driving rain . Even without a major offensive underway, the front was far from quiet, with the battalion constantly engaged in manning forwar...
