Robert Llewellyn Jephson-Jones
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Captain Robert Llewellyn Jephson-Jones RAOC was awarded the George Cross
along with Lieutenant (later Brigadier) William Marsden Eastman
RAOC (also George Cross), for incredible courage, dealing with some 275 unexploded bombs in total. By the end of November 1940 the newly formed Bomb Disposal Units of the Royal Engineers took over the responsibility from the RAOC.
Notice of their joint award appeared in the London Gazette
on Christmas Eve, 1940.
http://www.gc-database.co.uk/recipients/Jephson-JonesRL.htm
"Colonel RL Jephson-Jones, RAOC and Major WM Eastman, RAOC, are awarded the George Cross for a joint achievement (bomb disposal) in Malta during the enemy's concentrated air attacks on the fortress in June to November 1940. On various dates, Captain Jephson-Jones and Lieutenant Eastman, worked under dangerous and trying conditions and performed acts of considerable gallantry in dealing with a large number of variously unexploded bombs, some of which were in a very highly dangerous state and of the German delayed action type."
The son of a clergyman, he was born on April the 7th, 1905 and began his officer training at Sandhurst
in 1923. He was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment
in 1925, served as Adjutant of the 6th Nigerian Regiment in 1932-4 and joined the RAOC in 1936. He died, in Ferndown
in Dorset
, on the 27th of October 1985.
George Cross
The George Cross is the highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom, and also holds, or has held, that status in many of the other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations...
along with Lieutenant (later Brigadier) William Marsden Eastman
William Marsden Eastman
Lieutenant William Marsden Eastman GC was awarded the George Cross for his gallant bomb disposal work from June to November 1940 on Malta.Notice of his award appeared in the "London Gazette" on Christmas Eve, 1940....
RAOC (also George Cross), for incredible courage, dealing with some 275 unexploded bombs in total. By the end of November 1940 the newly formed Bomb Disposal Units of the Royal Engineers took over the responsibility from the RAOC.
Notice of their joint award appeared in the London Gazette
London Gazette
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published...
on Christmas Eve, 1940.
http://www.gc-database.co.uk/recipients/Jephson-JonesRL.htm
"Colonel RL Jephson-Jones, RAOC and Major WM Eastman, RAOC, are awarded the George Cross for a joint achievement (bomb disposal) in Malta during the enemy's concentrated air attacks on the fortress in June to November 1940. On various dates, Captain Jephson-Jones and Lieutenant Eastman, worked under dangerous and trying conditions and performed acts of considerable gallantry in dealing with a large number of variously unexploded bombs, some of which were in a very highly dangerous state and of the German delayed action type."
The son of a clergyman, he was born on April the 7th, 1905 and began his officer training at Sandhurst
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is a British Army officer initial training centre located in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England...
in 1923. He was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Duke of Wellington's Regiment
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division.In 1702 Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he did in and around the city of Gloucester. As was the custom in those days...
in 1925, served as Adjutant of the 6th Nigerian Regiment in 1932-4 and joined the RAOC in 1936. He died, in Ferndown
Ferndown
Ferndown is a town and civil parish in the East Dorset district of Dorset in southern England, situated immediately to the north of unitary authorities of Poole and Bournemouth. The parish, which until 1972 was called Hampreston, includes the communities of Hampreston, Longham, Stapehill and...
in Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, on the 27th of October 1985.