Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29972/pages/2254. Commander Loftus William Jones, Royal Navy. On 31st May 1916 at the Battle of Jutland, Commander Jones of HMS Shark, led a division of destroyers to attack the enemy Battle Cruiser Squadron. In the course of this attack Shark became disabled by shell-fire and was lying helpless between two enemy fleets. Commander Jones was badly wounded in the leg, but with the help of three surviving seamen he kept the midships gun in action until he was hit by a shell which took off his leg. He continued, however, to give orders to his gun's crew, until Shark was hit by a torpedo and sank. Commander Jones was not among the survivors.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29972/pages/2254. Commander Loftus William Jones, Royal Navy. On 31st May 1916 at the Battle of Jutland, Commander Jones of HMS Shark, led a division of destroyers to attack the enemy Battle Cruiser Squadron. In the course of this attack Shark became disabled by shell-fire and was lying helpless between two enemy fleets. Commander Jones was badly wounded in the leg, but with the help of three surviving seamen he kept the midships gun in action until he was hit by a shell which took off his leg. He continued, however, to give orders to his gun's crew, until Shark was hit by a torpedo and sank. Commander Jones was not among the survivors.