B155174 Corporal Frank Lewis Jones was born in Hamilton, Ontario on 20 April 1921, the son of Clifford and Susan Jones. He had a brother Private Edward  Clifford Jones who also served overseas and two sisters. He left school after completing grade 7 at Onteora Public School in Hamilton.

Jones worked as a carpenter with Alan MacMillan Contractors when he enlisted in the reserves on 12 May 1942 and on 9 June 1943 transferred to the Sault Ste Marie and Sudbury Regiment Canadian Fusiliers. On 4 April 1944, he transferred to the active service army and trained in Debert, Nova Scotia before arriving in the United Kingdom on 2 June 1944.

Eight days later he arrived in France and on 20 July 1944, Jones was posted to The Queen’s Own Rifles. He rose quickly through the NCO ranks:

• 2 October Lance Corporal,
• 22 October Acting Corporal
• 18 November Lance Sergeant

He was wounded on 23 December, 1944 and returned to the QOR as an Acting Corporal on 2 March 1945.

Corporal Jones was killed in action on 31 March 1945 aged 28 and is buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference XX. E. 6.

His family had the following engraved on his marker:

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF OUR DEAR SON FRANK.
MOTHER, DAD,
SISTERS & BROTHER