JEFFERS, Edward

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Rank: 
Trooper (later Corporal)
Unit / Base: 
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Armoured Corps, Inns of Court Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
7903385
Died : 
Sunday, October 31, 1943
Died on war service
Age: 
26
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Greenoock Cemetery
Corporal Edward Jeffers died in the UK as result of an accident whilst serving with the Inns of Court Regiment, R.A.C. [1][2].
  • July 1940 listed as Trooper attached to 2 Troop No.5 Commando on its formation [3].
  • His brother C/SSX 25089 Able Seaman Thomas Jeffers, RN., HMS Grove, died in service aged 20 on 12 June 1942. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial [1].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68 and WO417/69.
[3] Linked Content below.
 
Additional content: 
5 Commando, Formation in 1940
Archive pages : 
No 5 Commando

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