George William Jefferies
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: South Wales Borderers
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 11209
Parents: John and Sarah Jefferies
Home address: High Street, Oldland Common, Bristol
Date of birth: 1891
Place of birth: Oldland Common, Bristol
Date of death: 09/05/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated at Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 23
Further information:
George was born in Oldland Common, Bristol.
George was mobilised to France in August 1914 and fought in various actions on the Western Front including the battle and retreat from Mons, the battle of Aisne and the Battles of Ypres. He was killed in action at a place called Richbory L'Avone, during the disastrous Battle of Aubers Ridge, in which the Germans machine gunned the British frontline trenches killing many of the assault troops while they were still on the scaling ladders. The trenches rapidly filled with hundreds of the dead and wounded and the allies suffered 11,600 casualties that day. George's body was never found and the memorial on which he is remembered, commemorates over 13,400 British soldiers who were killed in this sector of the Western Front from October 1914 to September 1915 and who have no known grave.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/