Henry Mitchell Jones
Henry Mitchell Jones VC, also known as Henry Michael Jones was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. In later life he was a British diplomat.
Jones was born in Dublin. He entered the army as an ensign in 1849 and exchanged to the 7th Regiment of Foot in 1854 during the Crimean War. As a lieutenant at the Battle of the Alma onSeptember 1854, whilst carrying the Queens Colour he was severely wounded by gunshot through the lower jaw. He carried the bullet in his jaw for thirty years until he complained of a toothache. He saw a doctor who removed the bullet which had been lodged in his jawbone.
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