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Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Corporal Frederick James Jeffers.     Born in 1875 in Marylebone, London, the son of Thomas Edwin and Catherine Jeffers. His father was a Wood Turner and the 1881 census shows the family living at 80 East Street, Marylebone. In May 1889 he was appointed as Telegraph Messenger in West London. In April 1891 he was re-graded as a Boy Sorter and in February 1893 he moved to the Western District Office as a Postman. The 1901 census shows the family living at 38 Paddington Street, Marylebone and his occupation was given as a P.O. Letter Carrier. On the 23^rd July 1905, the 30^th July 1905 and the 8^th August 1905 Marriage Banns were read at St Mary’s Church, Paddington Green and the marriage to Caroline Bayly took place there on the 30^th August 1905.The family were living at 30 Formosa Street,Paddington when his daughter Gladys Caroline Jeffers was baptised on the 6^th July 1906. Their son, Frederick Raymond Jeffers was born in 1908. The 1911 census shows the family living at 38 Oakington Road, Paddington, and he was still shown as a Postman. He joined the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment and served in both the 2^nd/9^th and 2^nd/10^th Battalions. His regiment was being evacuated from Gallipoli to Egypt when he died of disease, at sea, on the 8^th December 1915 and is commemorated on Part XIII, Panel 155 of the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. Probate was granted to his widow who was still living at 38 Oakington Road. His effects amounted to £402-17s-8d. His widow was paid his back pay of £9-10s-2d on the 15^th April 1916 and on the 5^th September 1919 was awarded a War Gratuity of £5-10s-0d. He was posthumously awarded The British War Medal and The Victory Medal.

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