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| Casualty No.: |
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Ranks: |
Corporal |
Initials: |
W |
Service No.: |
622729 |
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| Date of Birth : |
31/05/1891 |
Place of Birth : |
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
Age at Death: |
25 |
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| Unit: |
44th Bn Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment). |
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| Place Enlisted: |
Sewell Camp. |
| Place of Residence: |
North Battleford, Sask. |
| Home Address: |
Sask Hospital, North Battleford, Sask. |
| Previous Address: |
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| Civilian Employment: |
Plumber |
| How Died: |
Killed in action |
| Date of Death: |
Thursday 26th October 1916 |
| Place of Death: |
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| Battle/Campaign: |
Battles of the Somme, France, 1916.
Battle of the Ancre Heights, France, 1st October - 11th November 1916.
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| Locally Commemorated: |
Memorial inscription on the grave of Elizabeth Jefferson, Ryton Cemetery, Hexham Old Road, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
| UK Commemorated: |
Hexham War Memorial, Abbey Grounds, Hexham, Northumberland. |
| Overseas Commemorated: |
- |
| Buried: |
Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France. |
| Decoration and Medals: |
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| Photographs: |
4 |
| Service Records: |
No |
| Death Notice/Obituary: |
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| Family Details: |
Son of the late Elizabeth Jefferson of Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham, who died 28th April 1900, aged 42, and son of F W Jefferson, who died in Canada on 11th June 1929, aged 69. The Jefferson's formerly lived at the Woodlands, Hexham, Northumberland. Husband of Daisy Mary Elizabeth Jefferson (nee Davidson) of Delegate Hall, Fellside, Hexham, Northumberland.
Wilfred was given permission by his commanding officer to marry Mary, 30th December 1915. The ceremony took place in Hexham Abbey.
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| Notes : |
Wilfred enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 26th August 1915. Embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on SS Lapland, 23rd October 1915. Arrived in England, 30th October 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal at Bramshott, 11th February 1916. Was deducted one days pay for a misdemeanour carried out 9th April 1916. Appointed acting Corporal, 26th July 1916. Embarked for France, 10th August 1916. Disembarked at Havre, 12th August 1916. Confirmed rank of Corporal in the field.
Wilfred was a keen footballer and had played for Northern Star FC. He also gave demonstrations of Indian club swinging at St Wilfred's Institute, Hexham.
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| Sources Used: |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
National Archives of Canada.
The faith and fire within. In memory of the men of Hexham who fell in the Great War by Alan Isaac Grint (Ergo Press, Hexham, Northumberland, 2006).
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