| 词条 | Lumley Jones |
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|honorific_prefix = |name =Lumley Jones |honorific_suffix = |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_date =1887 |death_date =14 September 1918 (aged 41) |birth_place =Llandyssil, Wales |death_place =France |placeofburial =Bagneux British Cemetery |placeofburial_label =Buried |placeofburial_coordinates = |nickname = |birth_name = |allegiance ={{flag|United Kingdom|23px}} |branch = British Army |serviceyears = |rank =Brigadier-General |servicenumber = |unit = |commands =13th Infantry Brigade |battles =First World War
|battles_label = |awards =Distinguished Service Order Chevalier of the Legion of Honour |relations = |laterwork = |signature = |website = }} Brigadier General Lumley Owen Williames Jones DSO (1887–1918) was the last British General officer to die on the Somme. Born in 1887 at Llandyssil in Wales, Jones was the son of Richard and Catherine Jones of Cefn Bryntalch. He had started the First World War as a captain in the 2nd Essex Regiment and took part in nearly every battle on the Western Front. By 1918 he reached the rank of brigadier general and was commander of the 13th Infantry Brigade. He was also made a DSO and Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France). Jones died of pneumonia on 14 September 1918 aged 41 and was buried at the Bagneux British Cemetery at Gezaincourt. He was the last of 12 British General Officers to die on the Somme[1] References1. ^http://www.ww1wargraves.co.uk/ww1_cemeteries/ww1_cemetery_b.asp {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Lumley}} 10 : 1887 births|1918 deaths|British Army personnel of World War I|British Army generals of World War I|British military personnel killed in World War I|Essex Regiment officers|Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|People from Montgomeryshire|Deaths from pneumonia |
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