Second Boer War Victoria Cross Recipient. A native of Scotland, he was posthumously gazetted for the award on August 8, 1902 for his actions as a lieutenant in the British Army Corps of Engineers, 23rd Field Company, at the Battle of Waggon Hill (Ladysmith), South Africa on January 6, 1900 during the Second Boer War. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he received his education at Alnmouth, Northumberland, Scotland and later at Sedbergh School in Yorkshire, England, where he excelled at mathematics and sports. In August 1896 he received his commission as a lieutenant in the Royal Engineering Division of the British Army and was assigned to the 23rd Field Company after receiving his course of instruction. In June 1899 he was sent with his unit to Ladysmith in Natal, South Africa where he was involved with the construction of the camp hospital and afterwards the defenses of the town when the 2nd Boer War broke out four months later. When the Boers attacked and besieged the British garrison at Ladysmith, he took command after all the senior officers were either killed or wounded and was himself killed in action at the age of 23, successfully defending the town. His Victoria Cross citation reads: "Lieutenant R. J. T. Digby Jones, Royal Engineers, and No. 459 Trooper H. Albrecht, Imperial Light Horse, Would have been recommended for the Victoria Cross had they survived, on account of their having during the attack on Waggon Hill (Ladysmith) of 6th January, 1900, displayed conspicuous bravery, and gallant conduct in leading the force which re-occupied the top of the hill at a critical moment just as the three foremost attacking Boers reached it, the leader being shot by Lieutenant Jones, and the two others by Trooper Albrecht." Although Lieutenant Digby-Jones died before being recommended for the Victoria Cross (the original Royal Warrant for was silent on whether it could be awarded posthumously), in 1907 the posthumous policy was reversed and his family received the award. His Victoria Cross is on display at the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham, Kent, England. A memorial in his honor resides at the Sedbergh School in Yorkshire.