Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Date of death
10 August 1918
Age of death
19
Address
The Pumping Station
Waterworks
Ilford
RED
Postcode unknown
Address source
1911 Census
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
France
Biography
Johnson Vivian Jeffrey was born in Leyton on 3rd October 1898, the only child of William and Lilly Jeffrey. In 1911, the family was living at The Pumping Station, Waterworks, Redbridge, Ilford. At this time, Johnson was 12 and still in school.
Johnson enlisted in the army with the 3rd Battalion, City of London Fusiliers. He was killed in action on the 10th August 1918 and buried at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Department de la Somme, Picardie, France.
Research by Redbridge Museum
Sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry.com