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Petty Officer Radio Mechanic ROYSTON EDWARD JEFFERY

Service Number: L/FX 607161
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Illustrious.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1946

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DEIGHTON METHODIST CHAPELYARD AND EXTENSION

Sec. B. New Ground. Grave 1.

United Kingdom

Headstone for Royston Edward Jeffery, born 29 October 1922 Manchester, son of Edward St. George & Annie Walker Jeffery, married Rose Gannon in 1945 & they had 1 son, (died of South Parade Pier, drowned whilst bathing), Portsmouth Hampshire, (his father served with the London Regiment in WW1).

Photographer: John Ellam

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward St. George Jeffery and Annie Walker; husband of Rose Jeffery, of Deighton, Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

DEIGHTON METHODIST CHAPELYARD AND EXTENSION
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 5
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