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Medals of Second Lieutenant James Forbes Jones MC DL (1911-1980) of the Royal Artillery and Deputy Lieutenant for Stirlingshire, comprising Military cross dated 1942 (awarded in recognition of gallant and distinguished services during the Siege of Malta), WWII war medal, defence medal, 1939-1945 star and Africa star.
James Forbes Jones was also a Scottish professional cricketer who was capped ten times for Scotland between 1930-39, he scored 404 runs, with a batting average of 23.76. He and his family owned and worked for the Jones & Campbell Torwood Foundry Larbert which became James Jones & Sons Limited timber merchants.
An account of the history of the James Jones and Sons Timber Business was written by Nigel Watson and is titled Timber and Much More, published 2005, ISBN 0-9543782-3-7.
See next lot for his uncles medals (James Forbes Jones 1911-1980 father was Peter Forbes Jones 1880-1944 whos brother was James Forbes Jones 1878-1917).
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