F. W. Jeffery
Service no. 720315
Private, London Regiment, 2nd/24th Battalion
Killed in action, on 21 December 1917, age 19
CWGC: “Son of James and Annie Jeffery, of 45 Mawbey Street, South Lambeth Road, London.”
Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel
J names
Edgar John Jeffery
Currently being researched.
Arthur Alexander Jeffery
A. A. Jeffery
Service no. 4802
Private, East Surrey Regiment, 8th Battalion
Born in Lambeth; enlisted in St Paul’s churchyard; lived in Clapham
Killed in action on 1 July 1916, aged about 27
CWGC: “Husband of Mrs D. Blacklock (formerly Jeffery), of Toronto, Canada.”
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France
The 1911 census shows that Arthur Alexander Jeffery, was boarding at 88 Portland Place North, South Lambeth, the home of the Dunnett family, with his brother Albert V. Jeffery. Arthur, 22, was a commercial clerk; Albert, 23, a dairy utensil maker.
Arthur was born on 28 October 1888, the son of Thomas Henry Jeffery, a civil servant, and Catherine Elizabeth. He was baptised at St Barnabas, South Lambeth on 7 April 1889. In 1915 he married Dorothy Dunnett, whose family he had lodged with. He enlisted in St Paul’s churchyard.
After the war, his widow remarried, becoming Mrs. D. Blacklock, and moved to Toronto, Canada.
John Henry Charles Jefferies
J. H. C. Jefferies
Service no. L/16723
Lance Corporal, Royal Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, formerly 15362, Hussars
Born in Clapham; enlisted at Clifton Street; lived in Clapham
Killed in action 28 February 1917
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France
Edward John Jarvis
E. J. Jarvis
Service no. L/43916
Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 46th Bty.
Born in Clapham; enlisted at Camberwell
Killed in action on 19 July 1916
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France
Samuel James
S. James
Service no. 14197
Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 7th Battalion
Born in Stockwell; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell
Died of wounds on 10 August 1918, aged 18
Remembered at Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France
British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920
When Samuel James joined the Army he gave his next of kin as his father, also called Samuel. However, the Army form has been amended. The elder Samuel has been deleted and “Miss D. A James – sister” has been added – her 65-year-old father had died of a cerebral haemorrage on 19 October 1918, just a few weeks after his son perished in the war.
Eighteen-year-old Samuel James went missing at the Front on 30 June 1918. Later, it turned out that he had sustained a gunshot wound in his chest and been taken prisoner and that he had died on 10 August 1918 in the field hospital at Peronne.
James, who described himself as a decorator’s assistant, had signed up at Lambeth on 6 January 1917 and joined the Training Reserve of the Royal Sussex Regiment, transferring to the regular battalion on his 18th birthday, and then joining the East Kents. Standing only 5 feet 4 inches and weighing 7½ stone, with a 34-inch chest to which he could add 3 inches, his physical development as judged to be only “fair”. James committed only one recorded misdemeanour: being slack when on sentry duty at Colchester on 22 October 1917.
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911 Samuel James was an 11-year-old schoolboy. He lived at 37 Burgoyne Road with his parents and sister. Samuel James, 56, was a bricklayer, born at Ludchurch, Pembroke. His wife, Catherine James, 35, was born in Lambeth. They had 3 children:
Dorothy James, 13, born in Lambeth
Samuel James, 11, born in Lambeth
Catherine James, 3, born in Lambeth
Service records – died as POW (GSW)