SJ5183 : Plaque to a Runcorn WWI hero

taken 7 years ago, near to Runcorn, Halton, Great Britain

Plaque to a Runcorn WWI hero
Plaque to a Runcorn WWI hero
This plaque, on the front of the old Police Station in Runcorn, is a memorial to Private Thomas Alfred Jones - "Todger" Jones - a Runcorn man who earned a Victoria Cross by capturing 102 Germans singlehandedly in Morval on 15 Sept 1914. See his account on myweb.tiscali.co.uk/haltonrbl/haltonrbl/todger_jones.htm
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Thursday, 5 January, 2012   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 1 February, 2012
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