Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haifi Jones a Dublin. Ya shiga rundunar a matsayin ensign a 1849 kuma ya canza zuwa 7th Regiment of Foot (daga baya Royal Fusiliers) a 1854 yayin Yakin Crimea. A matsayin Laftanar a yakin Alma
a ranar 20 ga Satumba, 1854, yayin da yake dauke da Launin Sarauniya ya ji rauni sosai ta hanyar harbi a cikin ƙananan jaw. Ya ɗauki harsashi a cikin muƙamuƙinsa na shekara talatin har sai da ya yi gunaguni game da ciwon haƙori. Ya ga wani likita wanda ya cire harsashi wanda aka sanya a cikin jawbone.