Name: Clement Charles Jeffery Regimental Number: 905042 Rank: Private Service: 194th Battalion/49th Battalion Date of Birth: April 28, 1886 Place of Birth: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: April 25, 1916 Place of Enlistment: Edmonton, Alberta Address at Enlistment: Blue Sky, Alberta Age at Enlistment: 30 Height: 5 feet, 4½ inches Complexion: Ruddy Eye Colour: Blue Hair Colour: Brown Marital Status: Single Trade: Blacksmith Religion: Baptist Next of Kin: Mrs. Norman (Belle) Tinkham, South Canaan, Yarmouth Co., NS Date of Death: August 25, 1917 Age at Death: 31 Cemetery: Fosse No. 10 Communal Cemetery Extension, France Grave Reference: II. C. 38. Commemorated on Page 263 of the First World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on June 10 and June 11 Clement ‘Clem’ Jeffery was the son of George Dodge Jeffery (1855-1908) and Albina P (Wyman) Jeffery (1853-1897), and the sister of Adelaide Jeffery (b. 1875), Martha Isabelle ‘Belle’ (Jeffery) Tinkham (1877- 1937), Harry Trefry Jeffery (1879-1936), Georgia Albina Jeffery (b. 1881), Israel Jeffrey (b. 1885), Joseph Bunker Jeffery (1893-1918), John William Jeffery (1888-1957), and Hannah Jeffery (1890-1890). His mother was born in Salmon River, Digby Co., NS, and his father was born in Tusket, Yarmouth Co. Some records list Clement’s middle name as Cann rather than Charles. His brother, Corporal Joseph Bunker "Job" Jeffery served with the 85th Battalion and died of wounds on October 4, 1918. His brother John William Jeffery also served during the First World War with the Royal Canadian Regiment, survived the war, and was discharged in the spring of 1919. Clement Charles Jeffery enlisted in Alberta with the 194th Battalion and sailed from Halifax aboard the SS Olympic, arriving in Liverpool, England on November 21, 1916. Once in England, he was reassigned to the 49th Battalion for service in France. On August 25, 1917, he was killed in action during the assault on Hill 70 at Loos, France. He is buried at the Fosse No. 10 Communal Cemetery Extension in Sains-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Sources: Library and Archives Canada Commonwealth War Grave Commission Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave