LEST WE FORGET 129 JONES, W. J. WWI He served during World War I and was with the Forestry Corps in France for two years. JUKES, Richard Sydney WWI Richard Sydney Jukes was the son of Thomas and Annie Jukes of Wolverhampton, England. His father was a publican. Richard was born on October 26, 1891, in Coyntor, Shropshire, England. The Jukes family consisted of four boys and three girls. British census data show that he was an apprentice tailor in 1911. Immigration records show that he arrived in Halifax on March 29, 1915 aboard the Scandinavian. Private Richard Sydney Jukes’ name appears on the Bounty Honour Roll. He was 23 years old when he enlisted in Edmonton on November 25, 1915, as a member of the 14th Battalion. He listed his occupation as an engineer. Richard embarked from Halifax for England on April 18, 1916. He was posted to France on June 8, 1916. Only 24 years of age, he was killed in action nineteen days later near Zillebeke in West Flanders, Belgium. The village is about two kilometres from the famous battlefield at Ypres. He is commemorated at the famous Menin Gate along with 55,000 other soldiers who lost their lives in the Ypres Salient and who have no known grave. JORDENS, Wilfred WWI Wilfred was born on January 16, 1896, in Fort Pelly, Northwest Territories. After his schooling, he worked on his dad’s rented farm west of Whitewood, Saskatchewan. He joined the 28th Battalion and was posted overseas to England and went into active duty serving in France. He was reported missing in action at Vimy on August 21, 1917. Wilfred is remembered with honour at Vimy Memorial in France.
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