Robert Jephson Jones


Robert Llewellyn Jephson Jones, GC was a British Army officer and a recipient of the George Cross. Along with Lieutenant Bill Eastman, he was awarded the George Cross for incredible courage in dealing with some 275 unexploded bombs on the island of Malta during the Second World War.

Early life and career

The son of a clergyman, he was born on 7 April 1905 and began his officer training at Royal [Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst] in 1923. He was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in 1925, served as Adjutant of the 6th Nigeria Regiment in 1932–34 and joined the RAOC in 1936.

George Cross citation

Notice of Jephson Jones and Eastman's awards appeared in The London Gazette on Christmas Eve 1940:

Post-war

Jephson Jones died in Ferndown, Dorset, on 27 October 1985.