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JAMES ALBERT JEFFERSON
England
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF EDWARD THOMAS JEFFERSON AND ANNIE ELIZABETH TAYLOR. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. HE WORKED FOR THE IDEAL BOLIER AND RADIATOR COMPANY, HULL.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PTE. 52170, 699TH LABOUR CORPS. DIED OF PNEUMONIA AT CANTERBURY MILITARY HOSPITAL ON THE DAY THE WAY ENDED. HE WAS AGED 20. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. ON HIS GRAVE ARE THE WORDS "PEACE SO NEAR, YET HE NEVER KNEW"
HIS NAME IS LISTED WITH 46 EMPLOYEES, ON HULL'S IDEAL BOILER AND RADIATOR LIMITED, WW1 MEMORIAL, NATIONAL AVENUE, HULL.
Kingston upon Hull HU5 3SR
England
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