WORLD WAR I

Bingham War Memorial

100356 41863	Sergeant Edwin Jeffrey	Notts. & Derby 6th Northamptonshire Regiment	Born 1899
Medal card	Awarded Victory and British medals
Roll of Honour	Wounded on the Western front
Forces war records web site	Date of transfer to 6th (Service) Battalion Northamptonshire regiment is not known. He may have been involved in actions after 1915 (as he was not awarded the 15 star). 26.07.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; 1916 The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights, The Battle of the Ancre. 1917 Operations on the Ancre, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck, First Battle of Passchendaele, and The Second Battle of Passchendaele. 1918 The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of the Avre, The actions of Villers-Brettoneux, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre. 11.11.1918 Ended the war near Le Cateau, France.

	Sergeant Edwin Jeffrey
1899	Born Harby, Leics.
1901 Census	Living in Harby with Father: Alfred, b. 1867 Calverton Mother: Mary, b. 1866 Scalford Leics. Brother: Alfred, b. 1893 Harby Sister: Clara, b. 1897 Harby	Farm Labourer
1911 Census	Living in Newgate Street, Bingham with Father: Alfred Mother: Mary Brother: Alfred Sister: Clara	School Farm Labourer Farm Labourer
1921 1922	Edwin living in Fairfield Street Living with parents in Newgate Street
	1922 Married Dorothy Trigg at Nottingham register office 15th May 1922. He was a pharmacy student his father a farm labourer. Dorothy’s father was a stud groom. Children: Joan, b. Sept 1922 Basford Brenda, b. Dec 1924 Basford Derek, b. Sep 1926 Basford Philip, b. Jun 1932 Lincoln Audrey, b. Mar 1933 Grantham Peter, b. Jun 1934 Lincoln Enid, b. Dec 1934 Grantham Mary, b. Jun 1937 Grantham Patricia, b. Dec 1940 Grantham		Surname has changed spelling to Jeffery.
1939 Register	40 Dysart Road, Grantham: Edwin Jeffery, b. 19 Dec 1899, married Dorothy Jeffery, b. 30 Oct 1901, married Seven closed records William Trigg, b. 22 Mar 1861, widowed	Name now Jeffery Chemist Assistant Pharmaceutical Unpaid domestic work Presumably 7 of the 8 Children born before 1939. Retired Stud Groom