Année de naissance: 1883

Lieu de naissance: Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Profession: Policier

Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Serjeant

Numéro de service: 12614

Incorporation date: 04/08/1914

Incorporation nom de lieu: West Norwood, Surrey, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Unités:  —  Royal Field Artillery, "B" Bty. 84th Bde.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 17/08/1917

Lieu de décès: Artillery Wood Boezinge bridge, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 34

British War Medal Médaille — 23/01/1920

Queen's South Africa Medal Médaille

Victory Medal Médaille — 23/01/1920

Edward George Joines was born early 1883. He was the son of Sarah and Charles Joines of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. On 24 September 1900 Edward, at the age of 18, joined the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He fought with the Royal Field Artillery during the Second Boer War in South Africa. Edward would serve in the army till September 1912, when he was discharged with the rank of Corporal. After his army service he remained part of the reserve army, while working as a Police Constable in Bicester, Oxfordshire. In the meantime Edward had married his girlfriend, Laura Mabel Winman. They had two sons together, Edward George and William. When the War broke out Edward immediately re-joined the army and was already mobilized in Glasgow on 5 August 1914. He remained in reserve till January 1917 when he was posted to an active unit. By the time of the Battle of Passchendaele Edward was serving as a Serjeant with “B” Battery of the 84th Army Field Artillery Brigade.

On 8 August 1917 “B” and “C” Batteries of the 84th Army Brigade RFA moved to new positions just northeast of Artillery Wood. “D” Battery moved to a position behind “A” Battery near Rose Roads and Zouave House. Headquarters occupied dugouts along the Canal Bank. From these positions all guns supported the infantry during the capture of Langemark on 16 August 1917. On the following day “B” and “C” Batteries were heavily shelled by several German Howitzer Batteries. Two sergeants, one corporal and three gunners were killed outright. Two gunners were wounded and three guns were put out of action.

Serjeant Edward George Joines was one of the men of “B” Battery who fell on 17 August 1917, due to the German shelling. The 34-year old was buried on the nearby Bleuet Farm Cemetery. He left behind a wife and two young children.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Autre référence

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/436520/joines,-/ Sources utilisées

The Long, Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Sources utilisées

War Diary 84th Army Field Artillery Brigade http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Autre référence