Jefferies Jones
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 37159 (formerly 25054 Glouc Regt)
Parents: John and Hannah Jones
Home address: Spotfield, 26 Shrubbery Road, Downend, Bristol (1901 and 1911 Census)
Pre-war occupation: Clerk for a Coal Merchant
Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Downend, Bristol
Date of death: 09/11/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Beersheba War Cemetery (Ref. P. 42.), Beersheba, Israel
Age: 21
Further information:
Jefferies was born in 1896 (Baptised in Staple Hill on 30 June 1896 age 15 weeks – church not stated, but probably the Staple Hill Methodist Church).
Jefferies Jones served with the 12th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry and Died of Wounds on 9 November 1917 age 21.
Commemorated on the Christ Church Downend and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorials. Jefferies is also commemorated on the Staple Hill Methodist Church Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Forces War Records, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.