Posted on Aug 7, 2015
"Meet the only Soldier known to have charged the Taliban with a bayonet in Afghanistan"
93.7K
79
23
16
16
0
From: The Telegraph
Corporal Sean Jones of 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Regiment was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in Afghanistan. While he was on patrol in Afghanistan he was surrounded in a complex ambush set up by the Taliban.
Cpl Jones said, “I have been shot at quite a few times and could tell the enemy was close. Gravel and dirt were flying up all around me from the bullets.” He was able to fire a rocket at one of the insurgent positions. Then he ordered three of his men to fix bayonets, shouted “follow me”, and led them on a bayonet charge across 260ft of open ground through Taliban gunfire!
The soldier’s citation states that Cpl Jones demonstrated “unflinching courage and extraordinary leadership in the face of extreme and tangible danger”. He “epitomised the best qualities of the British infantry: gritty determination, controlled aggression, tactical cunning and complete disregard for his own safety”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9571522/Soldier-who-led-Afghanistan-bayonet-charge-into-hail-of-bullets-honoured.html
Corporal Sean Jones of 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Regiment was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in Afghanistan. While he was on patrol in Afghanistan he was surrounded in a complex ambush set up by the Taliban.
Cpl Jones said, “I have been shot at quite a few times and could tell the enemy was close. Gravel and dirt were flying up all around me from the bullets.” He was able to fire a rocket at one of the insurgent positions. Then he ordered three of his men to fix bayonets, shouted “follow me”, and led them on a bayonet charge across 260ft of open ground through Taliban gunfire!
The soldier’s citation states that Cpl Jones demonstrated “unflinching courage and extraordinary leadership in the face of extreme and tangible danger”. He “epitomised the best qualities of the British infantry: gritty determination, controlled aggression, tactical cunning and complete disregard for his own safety”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9571522/Soldier-who-led-Afghanistan-bayonet-charge-into-hail-of-bullets-honoured.html
Taliban
Soldier
Posted 9 y ago
Responses: 15
12
12
0
Bayonet charge on the enemy! "I was just doing my job?" This has raised the bar to an almost impossible level. Our allies have some real life Rambo grunts! I'd love to know what was going through the enemy's mind when they saw this guy coming at them. I remember this badass as well a while back.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393355/Hero-Gurkha-handed-bravery-medal-Queen-said-I-thought-I-going-die--I-tried-kill-I-could.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393355/Hero-Gurkha-handed-bravery-medal-Queen-said-I-thought-I-going-die--I-tried-kill-I-could.html
'I thought I was going to die... so I tried to kill as many as I could': Hero Gurkha receives...
Corporal Dipprasad Pun, from Kent, defeated more than 30 Taliban fighters single-handedly and has been awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross.
(12)
(0)
6
6
0
Thanks for the positive messages guys it means a lot but i was just doing my job on the day I'm no hero thank you. @jones6876 on Twitter
(6)
(0)
(4)
(0)
MSG (Join to see)
All true heroes always say "I was just doing my job." Seriously...BIG TITANIUM set.
(4)
(0)
(3)
(0)
6
6
0
4
4
0
As a Soldier and former Marine I have a place in my heart for bayonets. I used one during the invasion of Iraq.
Currently I am trying to influence my COC not to get rid of the ones we have in our arms room, saying they are obsolete.
This Soldier has proven the use of them. Thank you CPL Jones.
V/R,
Davidson
Ssg Engineers
Currently I am trying to influence my COC not to get rid of the ones we have in our arms room, saying they are obsolete.
This Soldier has proven the use of them. Thank you CPL Jones.
V/R,
Davidson
Ssg Engineers
(4)
(0)
4
4
0
Many people would read that and say how archaic it is, "using a bayonet charge in 21st warfare" yet it is the infantryman who in the end has to winkle out the entrenched enemy when airstrikes, mortar attacks and artillery fails to do the job. The British Army and a few other countries still teach bayonet drill but as of 2010, the US Army no longer teaches it, which is sad because, there is a psychological factor involved when the bayonet is used as a last resort. As someone pointed out, "there is something visceral about plunging a sharpened bayonet into someone's entrails." . We may enjoy the luxury of superior fire power, but what if there is that moment, when your opponent overruns your position and ammo is expended or a melee in the close confines of a fortified mud fort. A bayonet, believe or not would can be he deciding factor in that scenario.
(4)
(0)
3
3
0
Outstanding! In the finest tradition of John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, nicknamed “Mad Jack”!
(3)
(0)
2
2
0
It reminds me of a Burka guard who killed like 24 Taliban at a single man outpost.
(2)
(0)
1
1
0
1
1
0
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google