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Surname: JEFFERSON
Forename(s): Ingleby Stuart
Place of Birth: Ripon, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Navy
Battalion / Unit: H.M. S/M 'C34'
Division: ---
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1917-07-21
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 24.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Ingleby Stuart Jefferson (born 7 January 1893) was the son of William Dixon and Mary Stuart Jefferson, née Gray. William was born at Northallerton and Mary at Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire.
1901 Newton-le-Willows, Yorkshire Census: Aysgarth School - Ingleby S. Jefferson, aged 8 years, born Ripon, Yorkshire.
Ingleby played for the United Services and Headingley R.F.C.
Ingleby is commemorated on the Ripon War Memorial.
Photograph: 'Yorkshire Rugby Football Union - In Memoriam 1914-19'.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
JEFFERSON, Lieut. Ingleby Stuart, aged 24, son of Dr. Jefferson, medical officer of health for Ripon, and nephew of Mr. R.I. Jefferson, manager of the Skipton branch of the Bank of Liverpool, killed in action July 21, 1917, through the torpedoing of H.M. submarine C34.
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Lieutenant Ingleby Stuart JEFFERSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Navy
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27 July 1917
THE YOUNGEST SUBMARINE COMMANDER – LIEUTENANT I. S. JEFFERSON KILLED
Lieutenant Ingleby Stuart Jefferson, R.N., who was killed in action on July 21st through the torpedoing of H.M. Submarine C34, was the elder son of Dr. Jefferson, medical officer of health for Ripon, and a nephew of Mr. R. I. Jefferson, manager of the Skipton branch of the Bank of Liverpool. Lieutenant Jefferson, who was 24 years of age, was five years at Aysgarth School, and later passed first out of H.M.S. Conway, spending two years at Dartmouth, and then six months as a cadet on H.M.S. Cumberland. He was midshipman on H.M.S. Shannon and H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh at Alexandretta. Whilst sub-lieutenant on H.M.S. Orion he was transferred at the beginning of the war to a torpedo boat, and afterwards to submarines. Whilst in his first submarine he was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s medal for having saved the life of a soldier. He became lieutenant in 1915. He was a good all-round athlete, and played football for the Navy against the Army at Queen’s Club in March 1914. He was very popular in Ripon where great sympathy is expressed with Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson.
Lieut. Jefferson was the youngest submarine commander in the British Navy, and his prospects of advancement were very bright. An official wireless communication from Berlin on July 22nd stated that the torpedoed submarine C34, of which Lieut. Jefferson was the commander, was sunk by an enemy submarine. The only survivor was a stoker who was taken prisoner.
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27 July 1917
JEFFERSON – Killed in action, July 21st, through the torpedoing of the H.M. submarine C34, Lieut. Ingleby Stuart Jefferson, son of Dr. Jefferson, medical officer of health for Ripon, and nephew of Mr. R. I. Jefferson, manager of the Skipton branch of the Bank of Liverpool, aged 24 years.
27 July 1917
SKIPTON
SUBMARINE COMMANDER KILLED
Lieutenant Ingleby Stuart Jefferson, R.N., who was killed in action on July 21st, through the torpedoing of the H.M. submarine C34, was the elder son of Dr. Jefferson, medical officer of health for Ripon, and nephew of Mr. R.I. Jefferson, manager of the Skipton branch of the Bank of Liverpool. Lieut. Jefferson, who was 24 years of age, was five years at Aysgarth School, and later passed first out of H.M.S. Conway, spending two years at Dartmouth and then six months as a cadet on H.M.S. Cumberland. He was midshipman on H.M.S. Shannon and H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh at Alexandretta. Whilst sub-lieutenant on HM.S. Orion he was transferred at the beginning of the war to a torpedo boat and afterwards to submarines. Whilst in his first submarine he was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s medal for having saved the life of a soldier. He became lieutenant in 1915. He was a good, all-round athlete, and played football for the Navy, against the Army at Queen’s Club in March, 1914. He was very popular in Ripon, where great sympathy is expressed with Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson. Lieut. Jefferson was the youngest submarine commander in the British Navy, and his prospects of advancement, were very bright. An official wireless communication from Berlin on July 22nd states that the torpedoed submarine C34, of which Lieut. Jefferson was the commander, was sunk by an enemy submarine. The only survivor was a stoker who was taken prisoner.
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