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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Peter Jeffries

In memory of:

Lieutenant Peter Jeffries

July 16, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

CDN/424

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

South Staffordshire Regiment

Division:

1st / 6th

Additional Information


Born:

February 20, 1921
Canandaigua, New York

Enlistment:

March 24, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario

Peter Jeffries was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the South Staffordshire Regiment as a CANLOAN Officer.

Son of Mrs. Stella Jefferies of Rochester, New York.

Husband of Irene F. Abbott Jefferies of Baldwinsville, Oswego County, New York.

Commemorated on Page 345 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

V. C. 9.

Location:

The village of Fontenay-le-Pesnel lies 16 kilometres west of Caen on the main road (the D9) towards Caumont l'Evente. The cemetery is 1 kilometre south-east of the hamlet of St Martin (on the D139 to Grainville); on reaching a large memorial to the 49th (West Riding) Division, turn down the track opposite the memorial which leads directly to the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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