[3] Jones served in the Second World War, initially as brigade major for the 127th Infantry Brigade, commanded by Brigadier John Smyth, which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force dispatched to France and Belgium in 1940.

[3] Jones was commandant at the Staff College, Camberley from 1954 to 1956 and then vice attorney general at the War Office from 1957 to 1958.

[3] He then became director of the Combined Military Planning Staff at the Central Treaty Organisation in 1959 and general officer commanding 1 British Corps in 1960.

[4] His son was General Sir Edward Jones who, like his father, became a member of the Army Board.

[5] In retirement Jones was governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1969 to 1975,[6][7] and National President of the British Legion from 1970 to 1981.