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
KIA
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
Edward Thomas Henry Jackson
E. T. H. Jackson
Service no. S/26110
Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 9th Battalion
Killed in action on 3 May 1917, aged 34.
CWGC: “Son of Edward and Annie Jackson, of 35 Chertsey Street, Church Lane, Tooting; husband of Emily Jackson, of 37 Romney Buildings, Millbank, Westminster, London.”
Remembered at Arras Memorial, France
Arthur Ireland
A. Ireland
Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles, 15th Battalion
formerly 6822, London Regiment
Born in Peckham; enlisted in Wandsworth; lived in Brixton
Killed in action on 22 November 1917
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Arthur Ireland was born in Peckham and lived in Brixton. He enlisted in Wandsworth. His death was ‘presumed’ meaning that he was one of the 700,000 whose remains were never recovered. His name is included in Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914–1918.