BORN HULL 1898. SON OF GEORGE HARDING JEFFERSON (1871-1946), OF 109 SCULCOATES LANE HULL. AND ETHEL WILKINSON JEFFERSON (1879-1948), OF 8, TRINITY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 11 ADAS AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF A CEMENT LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
HE WAS A SINGLE MAN, WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1 INCH TALL, 32-34 INCH CHEST, 103 LBS WEIGHT.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 9 MAY 1916. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 29 DEC 1918 TO 15 MAR 1917. RETURNED TO ENGLAND WITH TRENCH FEVER. POSTED AGAIN TO FRANCE ON 28 JULY 1917. JOINED THE 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. WOUNDED BY GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD, ON 3 OCT 1917. REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/05/1918, AGED 20. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 22 DAYS.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ETHEL. HIS FATHER APPLIED TO CLAIM HIS BACK PAY SEPARATELY.
HIS BROTHER, GEORGE H. JEFFERSON, ROYAL NAVY, SERVED ON HMS “SPLENDID” AND LIVED AT 12 HATFIELD TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL,
