World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Andrew Jeffrey
Forename(s):
Andrew
Surname:
Jeffrey
Initial(s):
A
Service Number:
2745
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/7th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
27/03/1916
Aged:
23
Buried:
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm)
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland early in 1915.
The battalion was subjected to heavy German shelling on two occasions when holding trenches at Sanctuary Wood in February 1916. Eight men were killed & fourteen wounded. Jeffrey was one of the wounded however his wounds were not serious enough to prevent him being returned to his battalion.
On 27 March 1916, an attack was ordered at St. Eloi, near Ypres, where it was planned to explode six large mines under the German positions. The men of 1/7th Battalion were in front line trenches which were again heavily shelled. Jeffrey was one of the eight men killed - eighteen were also wounded.
(Source: 'Felton War Memorial: The Men behind the names'; Eleanor George [formerly Hall]; 2009; p. 11)
Background:
Born 1894, at Felton, Northumberland, the third child of John Wardle Jeffrey (a Postman; previously a Boot & Shoemaker) by his wife, Isabella Jeffrey (née Fyeall).
Pre-war occupation: Farm Labourer.
(Source: 'Felton War Memorial: The Men behind the names'; Eleanor George [formerly Hall]; 2009; p. 11)
Local Memorial:
Felton War Memorial incorporating Acton, Eshott, Swarland & Thirston