Corporal Walter Danby Jeffares
Number: 25188
Company: 74th (Dublin) Company (New), 8th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 5 February 1901
Place: Dublin
Age: 23 years
Trade of calling: Clerk
Place of birth: In the Parish of __, in or near the Town of Dublin, in the County of Dublin.
Family: Single. Mother Susannah Jeffares (nee Hamilton), 6 Zion Road, Rathgar, Dublin. Father John Sparrow Jeffares (dec.), traveller for Jameson's Distillery.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 9 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair fair.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 22 March 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 24 August 1901
Place: Rooikopjes
Cause: Killed in action
Buried/ commemorated: The casualties of the fighting at Kooikopjes on 24 August were buried in Griquatown and later re-interred in the West End Cemetery, Kimberley. Jeffares may be one of the 131 unknown British soldiers who lie in that cemetery. His name is recorded on the 74th Company Memorial in Dublin.
This page last updated 1 September 2024.