Ralph Jones, GC (26 September 1900 – 5 August 1944) was an English-born Australian soldier who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed when Japanese prisoners of war staged an escape attempt on 5 August 1944 in Cowra, New South Wales.

Jones was born in the Gorleston-on-Sea area of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom and educated there until the age of 14.

[1] On 15 January 1942, Jones was mobilised and, in February, was posted to the prison camp at Cowra.

[1] On 5 August 1944, Japanese prisoners at the camp, armed with improvised knives and bats, stormed the guard posts with what a military court of inquiry termed "a suicidal disregard of life."

Private Charles Henry Shepherd was the third victim of the fighting at the camp, while Lieutenant Harry Doncaster was ambushed and killed while recapturing the escapees.