Capt David Cledlyn Jones BEM WW2

“On Saturday, 19th September, 1942, young Officer Cadet David Cledlyn Jones was on board the British ship Quebec City, on passage from Cape Town to Freetown.
At three o’clock that afternoon the ship was attacked and sunk by German U-boat 156 Plauen, under the command of Captain Hartenstein.
Survivors were overwhelmed by the actions Hartenstein instructed his men to help the survivors: they were shown charts to enable them to set a course for the west coast of Africa, and they were wished A good journey and a safe landing. We hope to meet you again in a better and more peaceful world.The experience of attack and his own quite miraculous survival had a profound effect on David Jones.
He continued with his maritime career, which proved to be a long and distinguished one, and then, in retirement, returned to those personal experiences and to the story of Captain Hartenstein, whose humanitarian actions made such an impression on the young naval cadet.
David made links with Plauen-Vogtland, Hartenstein’s birthplace, developed to such an extent that he was invited to join in special commemorations in 1999.
He paid tribute by laying a wreath at the War Memorial.
He wrote and published a book “ The Enemy We Killed My Friend”, (Gomer) in English and German languages and the books are no less a tribute to those who showed nobility in time of fear and hatred.