Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 7B GQS | |
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Early Life :
Born in Louth, Lincolnshire to Henry A and Henrietta Jeffries. In 1911, he is recorded as a Drapers Assistant visiting the house of his future wife, Maggie Greenough Gardner.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 2nd Battalion (Green Howards) The Yorkshire Regiment |
| Action : No Data |
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Detail :
JEFFRIES, HERBERT Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached Machine Gun Corps.
Probate: JEFFRIES Herbert of 52 Chestnut-street Southport Lancashire lieutenant 2nd battalion Yorkshire regiment attached 12th M.G.C. died 20 September 1918 in France or Belgium Administration Liverpool 8 February to Maggie Greenough Jeffries widow. Effects £53.
He is interred at DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION I. E. 23.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Lodge of Affability with Villiers No. 317 E.C. | East Lancashire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
7th February 1918 | 7th March 1918 | 4th April 1918 |
Herbert was a Freemason for less than a year when his life was cut short. He was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army when he was initiated in February, 1918. War Service is recorded and that he "Died from Wounds 20th Sep 1918."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley