THOMAS FREDERICK JEFFERIS
15 February 1886 - 7 August 1915
At School 1900 - 1901
Pte 2238 1/6th Manchester Regt
Private F Jefferis was slightly wounded in the leg on May 29th at the Dardanelles. He has now quite recovered and expects to be sent to the front again.
Private FRED JEFFERIS was reported missing in Gallipoli on August 7, 1915, and his death is now presumed. He was at the School from April, 1900 to December, 1901, when he went to King William’s College. He was very well known as a lacrosse player, being a prominent member of the Old Hulmeians team, and playing also for Lancashire and the North of England on several occasions. He was an excellent musician and his singing and playing at Old Boys’ gatherings will be well remembered by those who heard him. He was at one time a conductor of a small amateur orchestra, which on one occasion took part in a dramatic entertainment at the School. He joined the Manchester Regiment on the outbreak of war, served in Egypt and Gallipoli, where he was wounded in 1915. He had rejoined his battalion only a few days before the attack of August 7.
