Name
Bert JELFS
Service Number
20611
Rank
Private
Regiment
Worcestershire Regiment
ICRC Record found
No
Date Taken
27 May 1918
Where imprisoned
Germany
Parish Magazine Reports
Vol 23, No 7, July 1918 - Pte Bert Jelfs, of whom nothing had been heard for several weeks, was officially reported as missing on May 27. In reply to an enquiry by the vicar an officer on the staff of his Brigade writes to say that when last seen he was unwounded, and adds, “I am sure you will hear from him as a prisoner before long.”
Vol 23, No 8, August 1918 - On July 20 Mrs Warner heard from the British Red Cross Society that the name of Pte Bert Jelfs had come through in a list of Prisoners of War from Germany and that he was well. This was confirmed in a communication from Pte Jelfs himself received on July 30.