Leyshon Elwyn Jones – Royal Artillery, 73 Field Regiment

Gunner Leyshon Elwyn Jones – Royal Artillery, 73 Field Regiment

Early Life and Family Background

Leyshon Elwyn Jones was born in 1917 in Swansea, the son of Leyshon Evans Jones and Susan Prance Price, who had married in the town in 1914.

1921 Census

The 1921 Census records the Jones family living at 5 Pleasant Row, Brynhyfryd, where Leyshon Evans, aged twenty‑six, worked as a furnace man at the Richard Thomas & Co. Steel and Tinplate Works. Susan, aged twenty‑seven, managed the household. Their children—William H. I., aged six; Leyshon Elwyn, aged four; and Betty, aged one—completed the family. The census offers a clear picture of a young Brynhyfryd household rooted in Swansea’s tinplate industry and early family life.

1939 Register

1939 Register – Life in Pleasant Row

The 1939 Register shows the family still living at 5 Pleasant Row. Leyshon Evans was employed in the bus service (PSV), while Susan continued to manage the home. Their son Leyshon Elwyn, now an adult, worked as an examiner in cartridge case manufacturing, and Thomas J., another family member, was employed as a shop fitter’s general labourer. The register reflects a household shaped by industrial work and the growing demands of wartime production.

Military Service – Royal Artillery

Leyshon Elwyn later entered military service and became a Gunner in the Royal Artillery, 73 Field Regiment, serving in one of the Army’s key artillery formations during the Second World War.

Leyshon Elwyn Jones
Morriston Cemetery
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Death in Lincolnshire and Return Home

Leyshon Elwyn Jones died on 15 July 1942 in the North Kesteven District of Lincolnshire. His body was brought home to Swansea, where he was laid to rest at Morriston Cemetery. His grave stands among the many servicemen whose lives were lost during the conflict, each one a reminder of the wartime sacrifices made by families across Swansea.