Lt General Sir Harry David Jones GCB, Late Royal Engineers. He was the fifth son of John Jones (Superintendant of Landguard Fort at Harwich and an officer in the 29th Foot) and Mary Jones (nee Roberts). He was brother of Major-General Sir John Thomas Jones, Bart, KCB, and uncle of Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart, of Cranmer Hall, Fakenham, Norfolk. He married Charlotte, daughter of the Reverend Thomas Hornsby, Vicar of Ravensthorpe, Peterborough and Rector of Hoddesdon in 1824 and they had six sons and five daughters. He was born at Landguard Fort, Felixstowe, Suffolk. He was a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 17 Sep 1808. He served in the expedition to Walcheren in 1809. Also the campaigns of 1810, 11, 12, 13, and 14, including the actions and sieges of Cadiz, Tarragona (1811), Badajoz (1812), Vittoria, San Sebastian, passage of the Biddasoa, Nivelle, Nive, Bayonne.
Was wounded leading the forlorn hope at the first assault of St. Sebastian. He received the silver war medal with five clasps. Was appointed commanding engineer of the fortifications on Montmartre after the entrance of the English troops into Paris in 1815. Appointed a Brigadier-General for particular service in the Baltic in 1854, and commanded the British Forces during the siege operations against Bomarsund, in the Aland Isles, and for his services in the Baltic, was made Major-General. Appointed to command the Royal Engineers in the Eastern Campaign in 1855, which he retained until the fall of Sebastopol; was wounded in the forehead by a spent grape shot on the 18th June. Medal and clasp, K.C.B., Commander 1st Class Military Order of Savoy, etc. etc. Formed one of the Council of War held in Paris in January, 1856, when he received the Cross of Commander of the Legion of Honour. Was made Governor of the Military College, Sandhurst. He was created an honorary Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) of the University of Oxford, and was honorary Colonel of the 4th Battalion, Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. In 1859, he was appointed to serve on the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, whose recommendations prompted a huge programme of fortification for the British naval dockyards.
His eldest son, Harry Valette Jones, died in 1863;
his second son, Captain Arthur Jones, 2nd West India Regiment, died on the coast of Africa in 1861;
and his fourth son, Montagu Hornsby Jones, an ensign of the 84th Regiment of Foot, died in 1859.
Was wounded leading the forlorn hope at the first assault of St. Sebastian. He received the silver war medal with five clasps. Was appointed commanding engineer of the fortifications on Montmartre after the entrance of the English troops into Paris in 1815. Appointed a Brigadier-General for particular service in the Baltic in 1854, and commanded the British Forces during the siege operations against Bomarsund, in the Aland Isles, and for his services in the Baltic, was made Major-General. Appointed to command the Royal Engineers in the Eastern Campaign in 1855, which he retained until the fall of Sebastopol; was wounded in the forehead by a spent grape shot on the 18th June. Medal and clasp, K.C.B., Commander 1st Class Military Order of Savoy, etc. etc. Formed one of the Council of War held in Paris in January, 1856, when he received the Cross of Commander of the Legion of Honour. Was made Governor of the Military College, Sandhurst. He was created an honorary Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) of the University of Oxford, and was honorary Colonel of the 4th Battalion, Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. In 1859, he was appointed to serve on the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, whose recommendations prompted a huge programme of fortification for the British naval dockyards.
His eldest son, Harry Valette Jones, died in 1863;
his second son, Captain Arthur Jones, 2nd West India Regiment, died on the coast of Africa in 1861;
and his fourth son, Montagu Hornsby Jones, an ensign of the 84th Regiment of Foot, died in 1859.
Lt General Sir Harry David Jones GCB, Late Royal Engineers. He was the fifth son of John Jones (Superintendant of Landguard Fort at Harwich and an officer in the 29th Foot) and Mary Jones (nee Roberts). He was brother of Major-General Sir John Thomas Jones, Bart, KCB, and uncle of Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart, of Cranmer Hall, Fakenham, Norfolk. He married Charlotte, daughter of the Reverend Thomas Hornsby, Vicar of Ravensthorpe, Peterborough and Rector of Hoddesdon in 1824 and they had six sons and five daughters. He was born at Landguard Fort, Felixstowe, Suffolk. He was a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 17 Sep 1808. He served in the expedition to Walcheren in 1809. Also the campaigns of 1810, 11, 12, 13, and 14, including the actions and sieges of Cadiz, Tarragona (1811), Badajoz (1812), Vittoria, San Sebastian, passage of the Biddasoa, Nivelle, Nive, Bayonne.
Was wounded leading the forlorn hope at the first assault of St. Sebastian. He received the silver war medal with five clasps. Was appointed commanding engineer of the fortifications on Montmartre after the entrance of the English troops into Paris in 1815. Appointed a Brigadier-General for particular service in the Baltic in 1854, and commanded the British Forces during the siege operations against Bomarsund, in the Aland Isles, and for his services in the Baltic, was made Major-General. Appointed to command the Royal Engineers in the Eastern Campaign in 1855, which he retained until the fall of Sebastopol; was wounded in the forehead by a spent grape shot on the 18th June. Medal and clasp, K.C.B., Commander 1st Class Military Order of Savoy, etc. etc. Formed one of the Council of War held in Paris in January, 1856, when he received the Cross of Commander of the Legion of Honour. Was made Governor of the Military College, Sandhurst. He was created an honorary Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) of the University of Oxford, and was honorary Colonel of the 4th Battalion, Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. In 1859, he was appointed to serve on the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, whose recommendations prompted a huge programme of fortification for the British naval dockyards.
His eldest son, Harry Valette Jones, died in 1863;
his second son, Captain Arthur Jones, 2nd West India Regiment, died on the coast of Africa in 1861;
and his fourth son, Montagu Hornsby Jones, an ensign of the 84th Regiment of Foot, died in 1859.
Was wounded leading the forlorn hope at the first assault of St. Sebastian. He received the silver war medal with five clasps. Was appointed commanding engineer of the fortifications on Montmartre after the entrance of the English troops into Paris in 1815. Appointed a Brigadier-General for particular service in the Baltic in 1854, and commanded the British Forces during the siege operations against Bomarsund, in the Aland Isles, and for his services in the Baltic, was made Major-General. Appointed to command the Royal Engineers in the Eastern Campaign in 1855, which he retained until the fall of Sebastopol; was wounded in the forehead by a spent grape shot on the 18th June. Medal and clasp, K.C.B., Commander 1st Class Military Order of Savoy, etc. etc. Formed one of the Council of War held in Paris in January, 1856, when he received the Cross of Commander of the Legion of Honour. Was made Governor of the Military College, Sandhurst. He was created an honorary Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) of the University of Oxford, and was honorary Colonel of the 4th Battalion, Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. In 1859, he was appointed to serve on the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, whose recommendations prompted a huge programme of fortification for the British naval dockyards.
His eldest son, Harry Valette Jones, died in 1863;
his second son, Captain Arthur Jones, 2nd West India Regiment, died on the coast of Africa in 1861;
and his fourth son, Montagu Hornsby Jones, an ensign of the 84th Regiment of Foot, died in 1859.
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