Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Tyne Cot Memorial | Panel 2 to 3 and 162 to 162A. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.126 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 30C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Annie Jehring, of 134, Alexandra Rd., Southend-on-Sea, and the late Ernest Augustus Jehring.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Nelson Bn. R.N. Div. |
| Action : The Battles of Ypres 1917 (Third Ypres, or Passchendaele) |
31 July - 10 November 1917. By the summer of 1917 the British Army was able for the first time to fight on its chosen ground on its terms. Having secured the southern ridges of Ypres at Messines in June, the main attack started on 31st July 1917 accompanied by what seemed like incessant heavy rain, which coupled with the artillery barrages conspired to turn much of the battlefield into a bog. Initial failure prompted changes in the high command and a strategy evolved to take the ring of ridges running across the Ypres salient in a series of 'bite and hold' operations, finally culminating in the capture of the most easterly ridge on which sat the infamous village of Passchendaele. The Official History carries the footnote ?The clerk power to investigate the exact losses was not available? but estimates of British casualties range from the official figure of 244,000 to almost 400,000. Within five months the Germans pushed the British back to the starting line, which was where they had been since May 1915.
Detail :
He enlisted early in the war on 2nd September 1914. Posted to Benbow Bn. A/13 22nd February 1915 and transferred to Drake Bn. 12th June to 14th July 1915. He received a gun-shot wound to the neck and was invalided to England 17th August 1915. Received a commission as Temporary Sub-Lieutenant 27th March 1917. Embarked for the British Expeditionary Force 29th May 1917, joined Nelson Battalion on the 6th June 1917.
He was killed in action on the 28th October 1917, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial (MR30).
His estate realised the sum of £606 11s 6d, which was willed to Edgar Dunlop Jehring, a lieutenant in the Royal Munster Fusiliers.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Caxton No. 1853 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
6th December 1913 | 7th February 1914 | 18th March 1914 |
Employed as a Printer and resident at Westcliff-on-Sea. The contribution records show his war service and that he was "Killed on W.S. Novr 1917."
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