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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James William Jeffrey
Forename(s):
James William
Surname:
Jeffrey
Initial(s):
J W
Service Number:
40
Rank:
Corporal of Horse
(N.B. Equivalent of other Army rank of Sergeant)
Regiment:
Household Cavalry, 1st Life Guards
Died:
03/05/1917
Aged:
26
Buried:
Roeux British Cemetery
Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Formerly 4008, 1st Life Guards, Household Cavalry.
Background:
Born about 1891, at Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, the son of Thomas & Margaret Jeffrey.
Resided at Woodside Farm, Chevington, Acklington, Northumberland.
Pre-war occupation: Horseman (on a farm).
Two brothers, David & Thomas, & a sister, Susannah.
(Source: 'Portraits of War...'; Edited & compiled by June Watson; Wildgoose Press; 2016; p. 119)
Local Memorial:
Chevington & Broomhill War Memorial, St. John's Churchyard