Info Needed Please Help!!

[tiddy30]

I HAVE JUST COME ACROSS AN ANCESTER KILLED IN WW1 AND WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HIM.HIS NAME WAS MILES JEFFERSON 134970 Acting Bombardier 51st Bde., Royal Field Artillery.THATS ALL I KNOW,I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING ON OR AROUND 17/10/1917 AS THIS IS WHEN HE WAS KILLED. ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED THANK YOU ALL!

 

[jon attwood]

found a medal index card for him on ancestry, (millitary records are free to view there for the rest of this month), doesn't help with learning about his death, but might be of interest nevertheless http://content.ancestry.co.uk/brows...&pid=3955776&ssrc=&fn=Miles&ln=Jefferson&st=g
I also found a record of him on the commonwealth war graves commission site
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=559659 , which includes details of where he was buried.

Jon

 

[crankypants]

Hi Tiddy

Miles JEFFERSON transcribed as Mild. Miles birthplace & father's image as Wigginton.

1901 U.K census – Village Street, Haxby, St. Mary, Yorkshire

JEFFERSON John head 1858 age 43 Farmer Likigginkon, Yorkshire
JEFFERSON Susan wife 1864 age 37 Norton; Malton
JEFFERSON John Henry son 1888 age 13 Haxby, Yorkshire
JEFFERSON Annie daur 1884 age 13 Haxby, Yorkshire
JEFFERSON Fred son 1893 age 8 Haxby, Yorkshire
JEFFERSON Ada daur 1894 age 7 Haxby, Yorkshire
JEFFERSON Mild son 1896 age 5 Whigginton, Yorkshire
HOPE Albert servant 1882 age 19 North Brerton, Yorkshire

cheers
crankypants

 

[tiddy30]

found a medal index card for him on ancestry, (millitary records are free to view there for the rest of this month), doesn't help with learning about his death, but might be of interest nevertheless http://content.ancestry.co.uk/brows...&pid=3955776&ssrc=&fn=Miles&ln=Jefferson&st=g
I also found a record of him on the commonwealth war graves commission site
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=559659 , which includes details of where he was buried.

Jon

hi jon,i have just been lookin at the cwg site and have noted down the place of burial,unfortunatly the MID doesn't tell me anything i didnt know but thanks for looking.I was hoping someone would know the battle's on or around 17/10/1917 that the 51st were involved in,also if there is any way to find out if he was in a diffrent battalion and moved in to the 51st as the 50th was the northumberland and area and the 51st was a scottish battalion.

 

[tiddy30]

thanks cranky! i actually have that info i found it last night lol after hours of trawling thanks for looking!!.i have only just started on the jeffersons again after a brief break.I was given the name of the haxby/york hstory site and has been a great help.

 

[Drwe]

Hi Jon.
He might have died at the battle of Passchendaele,which lasted from 31 july 1917 to 6 November 1917.You can find more info on the bbc ww1 history site.
Good luck
Drew

 

[Drwe]

Hi Tiddy,
sorry about my last right person wrong name. If you google 51st bde royal field artillery ,you will get a wealth of info

Regards
Drew

 

[juliejtp]

Hi Tiddy,

Have a browse through the Long Long Trail site.

http://www.1914-1918.net/

 

[tiddy30]

Hi Tiddy,

Have a browse through the Long Long Trail site.

http://www.1914-1918.net/

hi juliejtp,i have looked at the long long trail but i cant seem to find any listings of battles,it is where i found the info on where the battalions were from.

 

[tiddy30]

Hi Jon.
He might have died at the battle of Passchendaele,which lasted from 31 july 1917 to 6 November 1917.You can find more info on the bbc ww1 history site.
Good luck
Drew

hi drwe, i have found his burial on CWG and he is buried at HEATH CEMETERY
Harbonnieres,Somme,France.

 

[juliejtp]

Hi Tiddy,

I looked under "The Army" then clicked on Royal Artillery.

 

[tiddy30]

Hi Tiddy,

I looked under "The Army" then clicked on Royal Artillery.

hi juliejtp,i found the info i needed thank you,its looking like he was killed at high wood,which is where 2 other relletives were killed.:biggrin: