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Ivor James Christopher Jones – Welch Regiment, 6th Battalion

Private Ivor James Christopher Jones – Welch Regiment, 6th Battalion The first Second World War burial at Morriston Cemetery With the arrival of the 1940s , the Second World War was only a few months old when Morriston Cemetery received its first wartime burial of the new conflict: Private Ivor James Christopher Jones . Early Life Ivor James Christopher Jones was born in 1911 , in Swansea , the only child of James John Jones and Alice Eunice Clara Coleman , who had married in 1904 in Swansea. 1921 Census – Byng Street, Landore 1921 Census By the time of the 1921 Census , the Jones family were living at 20 Byng Street, Landore . James John, aged 42 and born in Carmarthenshire, was recorded as a General Labourer employed by the Heavy Steam Haulage Co., J. John, Morriston , though at the time of the census he was out of work , reflecting the difficult post‑war economic climate. His wife, Alice Eunice Clara, aged 39 and born in Gloucestershire, undertook the household duties. Their ...

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