Main CPGW Record
Surname: JEFFREY
Forename(s): John
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 700723
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 'B' Battery 330th Brigade
Division: 66th (2/East Lancashire) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-04-19
Awards: M.M.
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. B. 57.
CWGC Cemetery: LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
John Jeffrey was the son of Charles Collier and Margaret Ann Jeffrey, née Swinbank. Charles was born at Manchester, Lancashire and Margaret at Woodham, Co. Durham.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 14 Keighley Road - John Jeffrey, aged 2 years, born Skipton, son of Charles C. and Margret [sic] Ann Jeffrey.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 10, Church Street - John Jeffrey, aged 12 years, born Skipton, son of Margaret A Jeffrey, widow.
1911 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 447, Bolton Road - John Jeffrey, aged 22 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire. [John was boarding with John James and Annie Mennell.]
John was married to Martha Ann Grange in 1914.
The British Army Service Record for John Jeffrey exists but may be incomplete.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Sergeant John JEFFREY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 66th (2/East Lancashire) Division
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