Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones

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Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones

1896–1917

A gifted young British officer whose letters from the First World War were published after his death, offering a vivid, personal record of youth, duty, and wartime life. His writing is remembered for its energy, honesty, and the sense of a promising life cut tragically short.

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War Letters of a Public-School Boy

War Letters of a Public-School Boy

by Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones

About the author

Born in London on May 18, 1896, he was the eldest son of Harry Jones and Emily Margaret Jones. He was educated at Dulwich College, where he became head of the Modern Side and captain of football, and was later elected to a scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford.

During the First World War, he served for about twenty-seven months in the British Army and later became a lieutenant in the Tank Corps. He was killed on July 31, 1917, near Ypres, at just 21 years old.

He is best known for War Letters of a Public-School Boy, a posthumous collection of his correspondence. The book combines memoir and letters to preserve his voice and gives readers a direct, moving glimpse of a thoughtful young man living through war.