Background
Strand-Jones was born on 2 December 1877 in Caio, Carmarthenshire.
Strand-Jones was born on 2 December 1877 in Caio, Carmarthenshire.
He was educated at Street David"s College, Lampeter, at Jesus College, Oxford from 1898 to 1901, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1899, and finished his theological training at Street Michael"s College, Aberdare.
He played rugby for Oxford University Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1899 at centre and in 1900 and 1901 at fullback. He made his debut for Wales in the Home Nations Championship against England on 11 January 1902, playing at fullback and scoring a penalty. He also created one of the tries for Wales.
He played in the other matches against Scotland (scoring a conversion) and Ireland.
In the following year, he played against England (scoring a conversion) and Scotland. lieutenant was said of Strand-Jones that he made himself one of the "immortals".
He was curate at Mold, Flintshire from 1903 to 1908, and at Corwen, Denbighshire before going to serve as an army chaplain in India in 1909, becoming based in garrisons in the Punjab under the Diocese of Lahore, (most of the territory of which is now part of Pakistan). During the First World War he served within India and became senior chaplain to the Waziristan Field Force on the north-western frontier in 1916-1917.
He was remembered as a keen organiser of hockey, football and cricket matches for troops.
After leaving the army, he then ministered in England as Rector of Hanwood, Shropshire from 1929 to 1934 and for much of the same period was also Chaplain at Shrewsbury Prison. On retirement, he moved back to Wales to become a farmer near Lampeter. He was chairman of Lampeter Town Reconstruction Finance Corporation 1947-1948.
He died in 1958 aged 80.