About Robert Jephson Jones
Lived 1905 – 1985 (aged 80). Robert Jephson Jones was a British military personnel.
Brigadier Robert Llewellyn Jephson Jones, GC (7 April 1905 – 27 October 1985) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the George Cross. Along with Lieutenant Bill Eastman, he was awarded the George Cross for incredible courage in dealing with some 275 unexploded bombs on the island of Malta during the Second World War.
Early life and career The son of a clergyman, he was born on 7 April 1905 and began his officer training at Sandhurst in 1923. He was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in 1925, served as Adjutant of the 6th Nigeria Regiment in 1932–34 and joined the RAOC in 1936.
George Cross citation Notice of Jephson Jones and Eastman's awards appeared in The London Gazette on Christmas Eve 1940:
Post-war Jephson Jones died in Ferndown, Dorset, on 27 October 1985.
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George Cross recipient in the Second World War
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Robert Jephson Jones was born on 7 April 1905 in Oddington.
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Robert Jephson Jones died on 27 October 1985 in Ferndown.
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Robert Jephson Jones was a military personnel.
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