JONES, Enoch

Enoch Jones was born and lived in Pensnett. He enlisted in the Worcesters just before the outbreak of war and joined the 1st Battalion. He served throughout the war and died within 4 weeks of the armistice. In early 1918 the Worcesters had been hard pressed during the German Spring offensives and only a gallant action in front of Amiens had saved the British army from disaster. The Worcesters then rested and reformed in the quiet Champagne area only to be attacked during the last German Spring offensive. More gallantry was required to halt this most unexpected enemy advance. During the Advance to Victory the Worcesters were involved in early October in the capture of two of the complex enemy defensive lines: Rouvray-Fresnes and Drocourt-Queant. They broke through the first against determined resistance and after the second had been taken by other units they attacked the heavily defended canal with its very thick belts of wire defences. There were some 65 casualties and among them was Private Enoch Jones. He is buried in Orchard Dump Cemetery (VI C 48) and commemorated on the Brierley Hill, Brierley Hill church and Pensnett Memorials.