Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones,, known as H. Jones, was a British Army officer and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross. He was awarded the VC after being killed in action during the Battle of
Lt. Col. Herbert Jones VC
Memorial to H. Jones, outside Darwin settlement, marking the spot where he was killed.
Robert Laurence Nairac was a British Army captain in the Grenadier Guards. During his fourth tour of duty in Northern Ireland, serving as a military intelligence liaison officer, he was abducted by re
H. Jones
…1972, At this time he was brigade major at HQ 3rd Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland. As such he was responsible for the efforts to find Captain Robert Nairac who had been abducted by the Provisional IRA. Nairac and Jones had become friends and would sometimes go to the Jones household for supper. After a…