Poem written by E T Jones

Item

Title

Poem written by E T Jones

Identifier

9249.cpd

Creator

Abstract

No 1923 PTE Jones ET Born January 3rd 1882.. died 1963
1st/3rd County of London Yeomanry
Sharp Shooters
1st Troop C Squadron
Egyptian Expeditionary Force.

June 1916
Imperial Camel Corps
NO 1923 PTE ET Jones
9th Company
Imperial Camel Corps
Yeomanry Reserve Egyptian Expeditionary Force

Out of action after accident on camel called 'Old Sambo' June 1917. also believed to have suffered Malaria, declared unfit for active service.

He stayed in Egypt for the duration of the war carrying out admin duties on a prisioner of war camp Ras-el-Tin at Alexandria . The camp changed its name to The Aliens Internment Camp on March 16th 1917.

Date

1916 to 1919

Date Created

1916-01-01

Temporal Coverage

1919-12-31

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Poem

number of pages

5

Contributor

Everett Sharp
Everett Sharp
Janet Watson

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford