B149153 Sergeant Howard Arnold Jones was born in Cape Croker, Ontario, on 25 December 1923. Of Métis descent, Jones was the son of John Chechok Jones and Lizette Ada Sadie Tobias and had one surviving brother and three sisters. His maternal grandfather, Walter Alexander Tobias, died in Ypres, Belgium, in 1917 during the First World War.

He spoke Ojibway and English, completed grade 8, and was a United Church of Canada member.

Jones worked as a truck driver and plasterer when he enlisted in the active army on 7 July 1943. He trained in Canada and arrived in the United Kingdom on 25 February 1944.

Jones was posted to The Queen’s Own Rifles and arrived in France on 10 June, appointed acting Corporal on 14 July, Acting Lance Sergeant on 20 July, and wounded (shrapnel) and reverted to Acting Corporal on 29 July. He returned to the QOR on 2 October, was confirmed as Corporal 15 October, promoted Lance Sergeant 9 November, appointed Acting Sergeant 15 December, and confirmed as Sergeant 14 March 1945.

Sergeant Jones was killed in action on 25 April 1945 in Emden, Germany, aged 21. He is buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference XI. E. 7. He is also commemorated on the Cape Crocker Cenotaph.

His family had the following engraved on his grave marker:

IN LIFE, LOVED AND HONOURED
IN DEATH, PRECIOUS MEMORIES
LEFT BEHIND