John Owen Jones sends a greeting card to his mother. He celebrates his 22nd birthday aboard H.M.S. Albemarle, Royal Navy Barracks, Devon Port, England. John Owen Jones was born on 22 July 1896. He lived on Talymignedd Isaf Farm, Nantlle. He was the second of six sons, he also had two sisters. He worked in Canada but returned home when his father died in 1934 aged 43 and married Catherine Owen in 1934.