Service to mark 100 years since Worthing firefighter died in 1917

By The Newsroom
Published 26th Oct 2017, 19:39 BST
Updated 12th Dec 2017, 10:30 BST
Worthing's war memorial by the Town Hall. Picture: Stephen GoodgerWorthing's war memorial by the Town Hall. Picture: Stephen Goodger
Worthing's war memorial by the Town Hall. Picture: Stephen Goodger
A Worthing firefighter who died fighting in the First World War will be honoured 100 years later at a special ceremony on Sunday.

John Jackson Jones was living at 18 Tarring Road Worthing when the war broke out in 1914 .

He enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and went to fight in the Somme, Ypres Salient and Paschendale, according to Worthing Fire Station.

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He was shot where on Monday 22nd of October 1917 he was wounded by a gunshot.

He was returned to a war hospital in