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Chaplain The Rev. PERCY TAYLOR JEFFERSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Nightjar.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1945

Age 52 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WESHAM (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD

Grave 416.

United Kingdom

CWGC memorial headstone (CH)
Including memorial inscription for Son Lt. Hugh Jefferson buried St Remy.

Photographer: Wade Dooley

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew and Mary Elizabeth Jefferson; husband of Constance Eva Jefferson, of Kirkham. M.A. Mentioned in Despatches whilst serving as Lt. R.A.S.C. in Palestine during 1914-18 War. His son Charles Edmund Hugh also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO IN MEMORY OF HIS SON HUGH. LT. (A) R.N.V.R. KILLED IN ACTION 26. 8. 44 BURIED AT ST. REMY. FRANCE
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