BORN HULL 1898. SON OF EDWARD THOMAS JEFFERSON AND ANNIE ELIZABETH TAYLOR. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. HE WORKED FOR THE IDEAL BOLIER AND RADIATOR COMPANY, HULL.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PTE. 52170, 699TH LABOUR CORPS. DIED OF PNEUMONIA AT CANTERBURY MILITARY HOSPITAL ON THE DAY THE WAY ENDED. HE WAS AGED 20. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. ON HIS GRAVE ARE THE WORDS “PEACE SO NEAR, YET HE NEVER KNEW”
HIS NAME IS LISTED WITH 46 EMPLOYEES, ON HULL’S IDEAL BOILER AND RADIATOR LIMITED, WW1 MEMORIAL, NATIONAL AVENUE, HULL.
First name:
JAMES ALBERT
Military Number:
316557
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/11/1918
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
20
