About W. Byford Jones
Lived 1905 – 1977 (aged 71–72). W. Byford Jones was a writer and soldier.
Wilfred Byford Jones (1905–1977) was an English writer and British Army officer (Lieutenant Colonel). He wrote extensively about the Middle East, as well as the history of oil production. In 1958, he published Forbidden Frontiers, which examined the political tensions and borders of the Middle East. He was Deputy Editor and News Editor of the Wolverhampton Express and Star.
Married Cynthia Louise Johnson (1924–2006), Caxton Hall, Westminster, 20th February 1947.
Selected publications Death By Order Uncensored Eyewitness, 1961 Oil On Troubled Waters, 1958 Adventures With Two Passports The Greek Trilogy. Resistance-liberation-revolution, 1945 Four Faces of Peru, 1967 The Lightning War, 1967
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English writer
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W. Byford Jones was born on 26 July 1905.
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W. Byford Jones died in 1977.
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W. Byford Jones was a writer and soldier.
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