Campaigns to have him receive the medal posthumously eventually resulted in his being awarded the Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service on February 22, 2010.

[citation needed] During the Battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I, Canadian troops were pinned down by German machine gun fire.

The remainder surrendered to him and Jones forced his captives to carry the machine gun back across the battlefield to the Canadian lines, where they were ordered to deposit it at his commanding officer's feet.

This time they reported "His valor won for him a recommendation for the DCM" For most of his adult life, Senator Calvin Ruck lobbied to get the Canadian government to award a medal posthumously to Jones.

[6] Rear Admiral Paul Maddison, Commander, Maritime Forces Atlantic/Joint Task Force Atlantic, said, "today, on behalf of General Walter Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff, I feel extremely privileged to finally acknowledge the gallantry of private Jeremiah Jones on the hills of Vimy Ridge in 1917 during the First World War.

"[citation needed] Jeremiah married Ethel Edna Geraldine Cook from Amherst, Nova Scotia, on March 30, 1898.