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Robert Llewellyn Jephson Jones, GC (7 April 1905 – 27 October 1985) was a

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officer and a recipient of the

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. Along with Lieutenant

Bill Eastman Brigadier William Marsden Eastman, GC (26 October 1911 – 8 April 1980) was a British Army officer who was awarded the George Cross for bomb disposal work between June and November 1940 on the island of Malta. Early life and career Born in Bre ...

, he was awarded the George Cross for incredible courage in dealing with some 275 unexploded bombs on the island of

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during the

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Early life and career

The son of a clergyman, he was born on 7 April 1905 and began his officer training at Sandhurst in 1923. He was commissioned into the

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in 1925, served as Adjutant of the 6th

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in 1932–34 and joined the RAOC in 1936.

George Cross citation

Notice of Jephson Jones and Eastman's awards appeared in ''

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'' on Christmas Eve 1940:

Post-war

Jephson Jones died in

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, on 27 October 1985.Find A Grave
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jephson-Jones, Robert Llewellyn 1905 births 1985 deaths Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Duke of Wellington's Regiment officers Royal Army Ordnance Corps officers British recipients of the George Cross British Army personnel of World War II Bomb disposal personnel Military personnel from Oxfordshire British Army brigadiers