Brig DND Jones

Courtesy RMS i came to know the sad Demise of my good friend and colleague brig d n d jones.

jones on being granted commission in the army and after the initial training in the then school of signals at mhow, he was posted to our regiment 1 airformation signal regiment. As all officers of the regiment were the members of the then operational command IAF officers mess right at the airport, he was also accommodated with us there. it was virtually home coming for jones as he met his erstwhile fellow cadets at the iaf flying school and in no time very popular in the mess. a very well built and tough officer was a brilliant sportsman who excelled in football. within weeks of his arrival; in our regiment he played for the delhi area and pretty soon inducted into the army football team. he lead the team as its captain in the interservices foot ball tournments. he was soo good that he was given berth in the team india which took part in the first asian football tournzment. his favourite posistion was center forward. i remember his scoring a very remarkable goal lying flat on the ground his head towards the opposite team's goal rocketting the football into the goal as the ball tossed very near his right foot. sports and physical culture was his cup of tea and quite naturally he was transferred to IAPTC. we are happy to note that he rose to become the director of IAPTC
WE ALL PRAY GOD ALMIGHTY TO REST HIS SOUL IN PEACE AND GRANT HIS DEAR FAMILY THE COURAGE AND FORTITUDE TO BEAR THE IRREPARABLE LOSS.
col ns dwarakanath, avsm