JELFS Raymond Victor John

  • First Name(s):
    Raymond 
    Victor 
    John 
  • Surname:
    JELFS
  • Service Number:
    J14804
  • Rank:

    Able Seaman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Cullist
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    11th February 1918
  • Age At Death:
    22
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England, Panel 29.
  • Place of Birth:
    Evesham, Gloucestershire on 3rd January 1896
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Only son of Henry and Ada Jelfs, of Feckenham Rd., Astwood Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire

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JELFS Raymond Victor John Is Named On These Memorials

Astwood Bank War Memorial
Bretforton St Leonard’s Church

Further Information About JELFS Raymond Victor John

Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action.

Native of Bretforton, Worcestershire.

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for navy casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

HMS Cullist was a steamship merchant vessel which had been equipped as a submarine decoy vessel or Q-ship as they were commonly called. On the 11th February 1918 the ship was the victim of a surprise torpedo attack and she sank within minutes. Of the 70 crew members on board the ship, 43 were killed in action. The attacking U-Boat surfaced and took a number of the survivors in the water as prisoners of war. The remaining survivors, including the ship’s commander, Lieutenant Commander S.H. Simpson who was wounded, were later picked up by the trawler James Green.

Information on HMS Cullist was sourced from a website that appears to be no longer available.

Raymond Jelfs has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

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