Jeffries Lacey
Service number
2621825
Military unit
1st Bn The Parachute Regiment, AAC
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
31 Jul 1915
Date of death
08 Mar 1943 (27 years old)
Place of birth
Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire.
Employment, education or hobbies
Colliery Washerman.
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Family history
Son of Samuel and Florence Lacey of Mansfield Road, Edwinstowe.
Baptised at St Mary's Church, Edwinstowe on 14th October 1915.
Married Hilda Elsie Marsh of 44 Houghton Road, Mansfield in 1939. She was working has a bus counuctress in 1939. Hilda married Lesie Bowmer in late 1943.
Military history
The 1st Bn of the parachute Regiment parachuted into Beja 90 miles west of Tunis Tunisia to capture a vital road junction. They captured both Beja and Mateur. From February 1943 they were deployed as a normal infantry battalion throughout the rest of the Tunisia Campaign.
Extra information
Buried at Tabaraka Ras Rajel War Cemetery, Tunisia, plot I. E. 16
Photographs
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