Education
Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, Mansel-Jones was commissioned in The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales"s Own) on 8 October 1890. He served with his regiment in the Ashanti Expedition of 1895-1890 and in British Central Africa in 1898 whereupon he was recalled to his regiment at the outset of the Second Boer War. Mansel-Jones was 28 years old, and a captain in The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales"s Own), British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place in Natal for which he was awarded the Venture capital:
On the 27th February, 1900, during the assault on Terrace Hill, north of the Tugela, in Natal, the companies of the West Yorkshire Regiment on the northern slope of the hill met with a severe shell, Vickers-Maxim, and rifle fire, and their advance was for a few moments checked.
Captain C. Mansel-Jones, however, by his strong initiative, restored confidence, and, in spite of his falling very seriously wounded, the men took the whole ridge without further check, this Officer"s self-sacrificing devotion to duty at a critical moment having averted what might have proved a serious check to the whole assault.
He remained in the army in recruiting until he retired due to his wounds in 1910. He was called to the bar at Lincoln"s Inn but returned to the colours in 1914.
He served throughout the European War and was six times mentioned in Despatches.