KEFFORD & KIFFORD ROLL OF HONOUR ~ WAR DEATHS    
     
  As my research into the Keffords and Kiffords uncovered at least 3 to whom I am related,    
  including my Grandfather, this is a special page to commemorate the 13 Keffords and 3 Kiffords    
  who fell in the two World Wars. The 3 Kiffords were all related, all arising from a family in the    
  Watford area in the 1830/40s, probably as a variant of Kefford. Many of the Keffords were also related,  
  demonstrating both the links between many Kefford family lineages as well as the distinctiveness of others.  
       
  The lists are alphabetical by forename and by conflict and have been compiled from:  
     
    General Register Office Indexes (GRO)  
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)  
    Soldiers Died in the Great War  
    Imperial War Museum  
    Census Returns    
    Parish Registers    
    Family Recollection    
   
  As research is ongoing, the data is by no means complete and contains some guesswork.    
  To any relatives of these men I ask your forbearance over any inaccuracies or omissions and I will gladly    
  correct these upon receipt of further information.    
     
  I would also be grateful for any photos to fill the gaps of the eight whose pictures are still sought.  
  Click on the photo links to see the eight whose pictures have been traced.  
     
  Peter J Kefford    
  30 January 2010      
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  WORLD WAR ONE  
     
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
1 KIFFORD Charles John Frederick Private 12346 2nd Bn Leicestershire (D Coy) 25.09.1915 37
    (John Frederick Charles)   Killed in Action
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial     France & Flanders
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France   Enlisted Mansfield      
Panel 42 to 44   Photo Home 250 Victoria Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire    
    GRO Army Deaths 1914-21 (Other Ranks) Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   I 47 84
      Parents Charles Kifford & Sarah Martin Born  
  Married 1866 Poona, India 1878  
    Widow Emily Seabridge HALIFAX  
    Married 1907 TAMWORTH    
Other Charles' forenames are transposed on his marriage and CWGC records - also on the 1881 Census.    
Details Charles Kifford senior was a Sergeant with the 33rd Foot Regiment. He saw service in a number of places and was awarded the  
  Distinguished Conduct Medal (for Abyssinia 1868) when a Lance Corporal.      
         
Family Father: Charles Kifford was born in Watford in 1839  
Line Grandfather: Thomas Kifford was born at Abbots Langley* in c1810 and married Jane Arnold in 1835 at Bushey  
  Great-Grandfather: John Kefferd** was born near Wendy*** in c1774 and married Sarah Wheeler in 1806 at Abbots Langley  
  2x Great-Grandfather: Possibly John Kefford who married Elizabeth Bond in 1775 at Whaddon (son John baptised 1776 at Whaddon)
  *     1841 census has Hertfordshire; 1851 Census has Picadilly; 1861 Census has London. 1871 & 1881 have Abbotts Langley  
  **   John and Sarah's surname appears as KAFORD at Lambeth and they gave rise to a relatively short-lived line of KAFORDs as well as the KIFFORDs  
  *** John was subject to a poor law examinations at Lambeth in 1818 in which he gave his age as 44 and that he went to work for a farmer at Wendy when he was 14  
  John Kefferd and Sarah Wheeler were also ancestors of:   Relationship to Charles John Frederick Kifford:  
  No 5 James Kifford     First Cousin  
  No 15 William Edward James Kifford     First Cousin once removed  
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
2 KEFFORD Charles Joseph Private 37342 Wiltshire t/f to 07.08.1918 19
        29209 8th Bn East Surrey Killed in Action
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial     France & Flanders
Dive Copse British Cemetery, Somme, France Photo Enlisted Birmingham      
III E 6   Sought Home 5 Colville Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham    
    GRO No Entry Found Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   ? ?
  Parents Thomas Kefford & Fanny Winspur Born  
    Married 1895 ASTON 1899  
    Widow   ASTON  
    Married No Marriage Found    
Other Soldiers Died in the Great War has birthplace as Egham, Surrey. Birth entry and 1901 Census have Aston.    
Details  
     
Family Father: Thomas Kefford was born in 1871 at Sutton, Bedfordshire.  
Line Grandfather: John Kefford was born at Potton, Bedfordshire, in 1824 and married Emily Griggs in 1855 at Sutton.    
  Great-Grandfather: Richard Kefford was born at Northill in 1798 and married Mary Mead at Potton in 1819    
  Richard Kefford and  Mary Mead were also ancestors of: Relationship to Charles Joseph Kefford:    
  No 3 Francis Henry Kefford   Brother    
  No 4 Frank Kefford   Second Cousin    
  No 16 William Ernest Kefford   Second Cousin once removed    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
3 KEFFORD Francis  Henry Private 22605 9th Bn Worcestershire 03.11.1917 22
        Died of Disease?
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial     Mesopotamia
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery Photo Enlisted Birmingham      
Plot 11 Row J Grave 13   Sought Home      
      GRO Army Deaths 1914-21 (Other Ranks) Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   I 55 325
  Parents Thomas Kefford & Fanny Winspur Born  
    Married 1895 ASTON 1895  
    Widow   ASTON  
    Married No Marriage Found Birmingham  
Other    
Details    
     
Family Father: Thomas Kefford was born in 1871 at Sutton, Bedfordshire.  
Line Grandfather: John Kefford was born at Potton, Bedfordshire, in 1824 and married Emily Griggs in 1855 at Sutton.  
  Great-Grandfather: Richard Kefford was born at Northill in 1798 and married Mary Mead at Potton in 1819  
  Richard Kefford and  Mary Mead were also ancestors of: Relationship to Francis Henry Kefford:  
  No 2 Charles Joseph Kefford   Brother  
  No 4 Frank Kefford   Second Cousin  
  No 16 William Ernest Kefford   Second Cousin once removed    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
4 KEFFORD Frank Private 19499 1st Bn Bedfordshire 31.10.1916 28 ?
        Killed in Action
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial     France & Flanders
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France   Enlisted Biggleswade    
Panel 41     Photo Home Biggleswade    
      GRO Army Deaths 1914-21 (Other Ranks) Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   I 65 56
Biggleswade War Memorial   Parents James & Fanny Sarah Stratton Born  
Biggleswade Roll of Honour   Married 1882 BIGGLESWADE 1888  
Sutton Church War Memorial, Bedfordshire   Widow Gertrude Alice Gouge BIGGLESWADE
Sutton Roll of Honour   Married 1910 BIGGLESWADE Sutton  
Other    
Details    
     
Family Father: James Kefford was born in 1858 at Sutton, Bedfordshire.  
Line Grandfather: Simeon Kefford was born at Potton in 1820 and married Elizabeth Jiggle at Sutton in 1844  
  Great-Grandfather: Richard Kefford was born at Northill in 1798 and married Mary Mead at Potton in 1819  
  Richard Kefford and  Mary Mead were also ancestors of: Relationship to Frank Kefford:  
  No 2 Charles Joseph Kefford   Second Cousin  
  No 3 Francis Henry Kefford   Second Cousin  
  No 16 William Ernest Kefford   Second Cousin once removed    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
5 KIFFORD James Private 23817 8th Bn Kings Own 12.04.1917 28
        (Royal Lancaster) Died of Wounds
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial     France & Flanders
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais Photo Enlisted Bedford      
France   Grave I Q 3 Sought Home Wilstead      
      GRO Army Deaths 1914-21 (Other Ranks) Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   I 19 164
Wilstead Church War Memorial   Parents Henry Kifford & Mary Sarah Hammond Born  
 St Peter's Church, Bedford   Married 1878 MARYLEBONE 1888  
Wilstead (Wilhampstead) Roll of Honour   Widow   LUTON  
    Married No Marriage Found Kensworth  
Other Soldiers Died in the Great War has birthplace as Hemsworth. The GRO entry is for LUTON district.    
Details Hemsworth should read Kensworth in the adjacent DUNSTABLE district as confirmed by the 1891 Census for Turvey,    
  Bedfordshire, where the family were then living.    
     
Family Father: Henry Kifford was born at Watford in 1847  
Line Grandfather: Thomas Kifford was born at Abbots Langley* in c1810 and married Jane Arnold in 1835 at Bushey  
  Great-Grandfather: John Kefferd** was born near Wendy*** in c1774 and married Sarah Wheeler in 1806 at Abbots Langley  
  2x Great-Grandfather: Possibly John Kefford who married Elizabeth Bond in 1775 at Whaddon (son John baptised 1776 at Whaddon)
  *     1841 census has Hertfordshire; 1851 Census has Picadilly; 1861 Census has London. 1871 & 1881 have Abbotts Langley  
  **   John and Sarah's surname appears as KAFORD at Lambeth and they gave rise to a relatively short-lived line of KAFORDs as well as the KIFFORDs  
  *** John was subject to a poor law examinations at Lambeth in 1818 in which he gave his age as 44 and that he went to work for a farmer at Wendy when he was 14  
  John Kefferd and Sarah Wheeler were also ancestors of:   Relationship to James Kifford:    
  No 1 Charles John Frederick Kifford   First Cousin  
  No 15 William Edward James Kifford   First Cousin once removed    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
6 KEFFORD Joseph Leslie Corporal 2913 47th Bn Australian Infantry AIF 06.04.1918 26
           
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial        
Bournemouth East Cemetery, Gloucester Road   Enlisted      
Bournemouth, England Grave No. O. I. 143 Photo Home Mannuem Creek, Kingaroy, Australia    
      GRO NORMAL DEATH INDEX Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index JUN 1918 CHRISTCHURCH 2B 821
Australian War Memorial   Parents Joseph Kefford & Annie Brown McDowall Born  
    Married 11.10.1886 Brisbane Queensland Aus. 20.10.1891  
    Widow   Warwick  
    Married No Marriage Found Queensland Aus.
Other Wounded in action in France and died of wounds in Boscombe Hospital, England. This explains his burial in England.    
Details A PDF file of his particulars (as required for the Australian War Memorial) can be downloaded from the AWM website.    
  By occupation he was a draper.    
     
Family Father: Joseph Kefford was born at Bolton, Lancashire, in 1860    
Line Grandfather: Joseph Kefford was born at Pampisford in 1817 and married Alice Taylor in 1845 at Liverpool.    
  Great-Grandfather: Richard Kefford (Kifford) was born at Pampisford in 1787 and married Sarah Smith in 1807 at Pampisford  
  2x Great-Grandfather: Thomas Kefford who married Elizabeth Cornell in 1786 in Pampisford    
  Thomas Kefford and Elizabeth Cornell were also ancestors of: Relationship to Joseph Leslie Kefford    
  No 11 Charles Philip Kefford   Third Cousin  
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
7 KEFFORD Leonard Private S/4/218736 R.A.S.C  t/f  to 23.04.1918 30
        25399 14th Bn R.Warwickshire (A Coy) France & Flanders
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial        
Lille Southern Cemetery, France Photo Enlisted Aldershot      
Plot 3  Row C  Grave 17   Sought Home Chequer Bank, Moulton, Northamptonshire    
      GRO Army Deaths 1914-21 (Other Ranks) Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index (Listed as KEFFORDS) I 51 284
Moulton Parish Church Memorial   Parents George Kefford & Sarah Cole Born  
Evelyn Louisa Kefford's grave, Moulton Churchyard   Married 1883 NEWPORT PAGNELL 1888  
  Widow Evelyn Louisa Fenton BRIXWORTH
    Married 1914 BRIXWORTH Moulton  
Other    
Details    
     
Family Father: George Kefford was born at Baldock, Hertfordshire, in 1853  
Line Grandfather: Joseph Kefford was born at Royston in 1823 and married Maria Nunn in 1851 at Shoreditch  
  Great-Grandfather: George Kefford was born at Royston c1788 and married Anne (surname and date unknown)    
  2x Great Grandfather: Possibly George Kefford who married Sarah Crane in 1780 at Royston (to be confirmed)    
  Due to this line going back to Royston, it is possible that Leonard Kefford shares common ancestors with:    
  No 14 Leslie William John Kefford    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
8 KEFFORD William Private G/12448 7th Bn Royal Sussex  t/f to 23.10.1916 35
        G/40394 2nd Bn Middlesex Killed in Action
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial     France & Flanders
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France   Enlisted Chichester   (Le Transloy)
Pier 13 Face B   Photo Home 25 Osborne Road, Preston, Brighton, Sussex    
    GRO Army Deaths 1914-21 (Other Ranks) Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   I 69 359
Old Steine War Memorial, Brighton   Parents John Kefford & Emma Clark Born  
Middlesex Chapel, St Paul's Cathedral (Roll of Honour Book) Married 19.10.1876 Barton le Clay 11.11.1880  
Family Grave, Nunhead Cemetery, Peckham No.35796/53SQ Widow Catherine Elizabeth Humfrey LUTON  
Barton Roll of Honour Poem: "In Chalky Fields of Picardie" Married 11.12.1904 Brighton Barton le Clay
Other Enlisted March 1916. Killed by shellfire 23.10.1916 near Le Transloy, France. No known grave.  
Details Commemorated on the grave of his parents John & Emma and brothers Harry & George (Horace) Kefford in Nunhead Cemetery.  
 
Family Father: John Kefford was born at Upper Gravenhurst in 1857  
Line Grandfather: William Kefford was born at Haynes in 1832 and married Eliza Armstrong in 1855 at Upper Gravenhurst    
  Great-Grandfather: John Kefford was born at Potton in 1810 and married Mary Cherry in 1831 at Haynes  
  2x Great-Grandfather: William Kefford was born at Potton in 1789 and married Sarah Roberts in 1809 at Eyeworth    
  William Kefford and Sarah Roberts were also ancestors of: Relationship to William Kefford:    
  No 12 Eric Wilfred Kefford   Third Cousin  
  No 13 Ivor George Kefford   Third Cousin    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
9 KEFFORD William  Ellis Private 24554 3rd Bn Lancaster Fusiliers t/f to 18.08.1919 24 ?
        433878 309th Coy Labour Corps    
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial        
Caudrey British Cemetery, France Photo Enlisted      
Plot 3  Row B  Grave 26   Sought Home      
    GRO Army Deaths 1914-21 (Other Ranks) Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   M3 360
Radcliffe War Memorial   Parents Henry Ellis Kefford & Martha Jane Coppock Born  
Radcliffe Roll of Honour   Married 1894 BURY 1895  
  Widow   BURY  
  Married No Marriage Found Radcliffe  
Other Possibly killed whilst clearing the battlefields after the war.    
Details    
     
Family Father: Henry Ellis Kefford was born at Godalming in 1871  
Line Grandfather: William Ellis Kefford was born at Whittlesford in1835 and married Frances Beal in 1857 at Tunbridge    
  Great-Grandfather: Ellis Kefford (Kelford) was born at Whittlesford in 1814 and married Susannah Stock in 1834 at Whittlesford  
  2x Great-Grandfather: Joseph Kefford was born at Whittlesford in 1789 and married Lydia Ellis in 1808 at Little Abington  
  3x Great-Grandfather: William Kefford who married Mary Freeman in 1775 at Whittlesford    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
10 KEFFORD William  John Private CH/1476(S) 2nd Bn RMLI RN Div 02.05.1917 21
        (S Division) (Royal Marines Light Infantry)    
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial        
Douai Communal Cemetery, France Photo Enlisted 21.02.1916; Draft for BEF 21.11.1916; Joined 2nd RM Bn. 08.12.1916  
Row H Grave 16   Sought Home 425 Rotherhithe Street, Rotherhithe, London SE16    
    GRO NAVAL DEATHS 1914-1921 Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   RN 2152
  Parents William John Kefford & Sarah Jane Smart Born  
    Married 1895 ST GEO EAST* 05.04.1896  
    Widow   MILE END  
    Married No Marriage Found Wapping  
Other William John was listed as missing on 28.04.1917. He died of wounds as a Prisoner of War in the Kriegs. Gef. Lazarette St. Clotilde  
Details at Douai. The Germans held Douai through most of the war and RMLI left the area on 29 April 1917. He was a member of 'D' Company
  14th Platoon on 28.04.1917.    
   
Family Father: William John Kefford was born at Rotherhithe in 1870    
Line Grandfather: John Richard Kefford was born at St George in the East in 1845** and married Margaret Cruickshank in 1866***at Mile End
  Great-Grandfather: Richard Kefford was born at Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire in 1806 and married twice:  
    1) Eliza Linford at St Leonard Shoreditch in 1826. She died in 1840.  2) Jane Harper at St Anne Limehouse in 1843  
  2x Great-Grandfather: Sykes Kefford was born at Roxton in c1765 and married Mary c1803. His wife's surname and marriage details unknown
  3x Great-Grandfather: Richard Kefford married Catherine Sykes in 1756 at Roxton  
  * The 1895 marriage entry for William John Kefford gives his father's name as John William Kefford, but this is thought to be a mistake for John Richard Kefford  
  ** John Richard Kefford appears to have been baptised at St Leonard Shoreditch in 1845 as John Richard Kefford RAYNER, the son of Richard and Sarah Rayner. His
  birth was registered as John Richard Keford RAYNER. It is thought that he was the illigitimate son of Richard Kefford and Sarah Rayner, as both Richard Kefford and  
  "Richard Rayner" were butchers. John Richard Kefford/Rayner has not been positively identified on either the 1851 or 1861 census  
  *** The 1866 marriage entry for John Richard Kefford gives his father's name as John Richard Kefford also, but it is thought that this should just read Richard Kefford
  The Roxton line links to other Bedfordshire Keffords in the early 17th century, but no proven connection to others on this page  
     
    WORLD WAR TWO    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
11 KEFFORD Charles  Phillip Stoker 1 c/k 66397 R.N  HMS Wakeful 29.05.1940 33
           
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial        
Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, England Photo Enlisted      
Panel 38 Column 2   Sought Home      
        GRO NAVAL RATINGS WAR DEATHS 1939-48 Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   6 2148
  Parents Alfred Edward Kefford & Edith Mary Perrine Born  
    Married 1895 LAMBETH 1907  
  Widow   ST GILES  
    Married No Marriage Found    
Other HMS Wakeful was torpedoed by a German E-Boat S30 on 27.5.1940 whilst evacuating troops from Dunkirk. She was cut    
Details in half and sank in 15 seconds. 740 men died (640 soldiers/100 sailors). Only 40 sailors/10 soldiers were picked up.    
     
Family Father: Alfred Edward Kefford was born at Stapleford in 1860  
Line Grandfather: Stephen Kefford was born in 1832 at Pampisford and married Mary A Ransom in 1857 at Chesterton    
  Great-Grandfather: William Kefford (Gifford) was born in 1790 at Pampisford and married Elizabeth Bradford in 1811 at Pampisford  
  2x Great-Grandfather: Thomas Kefford who married Elizabeth Cornell in 1786 in Pampisford    
  Thomas Kefford and Elizabeth Cornell were also ancestors of: Relationship to Charles Philip Kefford:    
  No 6 Joseph Leslie Kefford   Third Cousin    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
12 KEFFORD Eric  Wilfred 2nd 232403 Bedfordshire & Herts sec. to 19.07.1944 30
      Lieutenant Kings Own Scottish Borderers    
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial        
Bayeux Memorial, France     Enlisted      
Panel 13 Col 3   Photo Home 62 The Baulk, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire    
      GRO ARMY WAR DEATHS 1939-48 (Officers) Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   2 295
Biggleswade War Memorial   Parents Wilfred George Kefford & Ada Catherine Wyatt Born  
Biggleswade Roll of Honour   Married 1906 BIGGLESWADE 1915  
    Widow Barbara Betty Scott BIGGLESWADE
    Married 1944 BIGGLESWADE Biggleswade  
Other The tragedy of war for this family was the loss of both sons. The death of both without issue meant that the Kefford name  
Details died out on this branch of the family.    
     
Family Father: Wilfred George Kefford was born at Tempsford in 1882  
Line Grandfather: Thomas Kefford was born at Tempsford in 1856 and married Elizabeth Ann Balk in 1876 at Tempsford    
  Great-Grandfather: William Kefford was born at Tempsford in 1831 and married Ann Osborn in 1854 at Tempsford    
  2x Great-Grandfather: William Kefford was born at Potton in 1789 and married Sarah Roberts in 1809 at Eyeworth    
  William Kefford and Sarah Roberts were also ancestors of: Relationship to Eric Wilfred Kefford:    
  No 8 William Kefford   Third Cousin  
  No 13 Ivor George Kefford   Brother    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
13 KEFFORD Ivor  George Able c/ssx/31243 R.N ss Ettrick 15.11.1942 21
      Seaman   Also: Ville de Quebec    
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial        
Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, England   Enlisted      
Panel 54 Column 3   Photo Home      
        GRO NAVAL RATINGS WAR DEATHS 1939-48 Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   6 2148
Biggleswade War Memorial   Parents Wilfred George Kefford & Ada Catherine Wyatt Born  
Biggleswade Roll of Honour   Married 1906 BIGGLESWADE 1921  
    Widow   BIGGLESWADE
    Married No Marriage Found Biggleswade  
Other He may have served on HMS Pembroke. CWGC has the SS Ettrick which was a troop carrier.  
Details On 15.11.42 she was torpedoed by German U155 whilst part of a convoy in the Gibraltar area and later sank whilst  
  18 naval ratings were killed, whilst the remainder of the crew were rescued. GRO has the (Ville de) Quebec, which was    
  a Canadian corvette. Perhaps the Quebec picked up the survivors, plus Ivor George Kefford's body?    
   
Family Father: Wilfred George Kefford was born at Tempsford in 1882  
Line Grandfather: Thomas Kefford was born at Tempsford in 1856 and married Elizabeth Ann Balk in 1876 at Tempsford    
  Great-Grandfather: William Kefford was born at Tempsford in 1831 and married Ann Osborn in 1854 at Tempsford    
  2x Great-Grandfather: William Kefford was born at Potton in 1789 and married Sarah Roberts in 1809 at Eyeworth    
  William Kefford and Sarah Roberts were also ancestors of: Relationship to Ivor George Kefford:    
  No 8 William Kefford   Third Cousin  
  No 12 Eric Wilfred Kefford   Brother    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
14 KEFFORD Leslie William John Driver 45451 Royal Army Service Corps 28.08.1945 40
           
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial        
Hills Cemetery, Horsham, Sussex, England Photo Enlisted      
Block T Grave 256   Sought Home 18 Oakleigh Road, Horsham    
        GRO NORMAL DEATH INDEX Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index SEP 1945 HORSHAM 2B 341
Horsham Carfax War Memorial   Parents John Joseph Kefford & Lillian Mary Walker Born  
  Married 1896 KINGSTON/Thames 1905  
    Widow   KINGSTON  
    Married No Marriage Found Surbiton  
Other Leslie William John died at Roost Hole Pond, Lower Beeding, Sussex. The circumstances of his death are not yet known, but as it   
Details occurred so near to home and after the war had ended, it must have been particularly tragic.    
     
Family Father: John Joseph Kefford was born at Hertford in 1867  
Line Grandfather: John Kefford was born in Buntingford in 1828 and married Ann Thake in 1853 at Hertford  
  Great-Grandfather: John Kefford was born at Royston c1799 and married Lucinda Kingsley in 1826 at Sandon  
  Due to this line going back to Royston, it is possible that Leslie William John Kefford shares common ancestors with:    
  No 7 Leonard Kefford    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
15 KIFFORD William Edward James Warrant 4186777 1st Bn Middlesex 18.12.1941 31
      Officer 1      
Commonweath War Grave or Memorial        
Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong   Enlisted      
A R C M Column 13   Photo Home Hastings, Sussex    
      GRO ARMY DEATHS 1939-48 (Other Ranks) Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index   7 144
Middlesex Chapel, St Paul's Cathedral (Roll of Honour Book) ? Parents Edward James Kifford & Marie Charlotte Vignes Born  
Hastings Book of Remembrance   Married 1910 AYLESHAM 1910  
The Die Hards Roll of Honour 1939-45   Widow Lily Barnby   PANCRAS  
  Married 1937 BRIGHTON    
Other William Edward James Kifford was the regimental bandmaster.    
Details    
   
Family Father: Edward James Kifford was born at Berkhamstead in 1879    
Line Grandfather: Thomas Kifford was born at Hemel Hempstead in 1842 and married Fanny Neelance Biddis in 1875 at Pancras  
  Great-Grandfather: Thomas Kifford was born c1810 at Abbots Langley* and married Jane Arnold in 1835 at Bushey    
  2x Great-Grandfather: John Kefferd** was born c1774 near Wendy*** and married Sarah Wheeler at Abbots Langley in 1806  
  3x Great-Grandfather: Possibly John Kefford who married Elizabeth Bond in 1775 at Whaddon (son John baptised 1776 at Whaddon)
  *     1841 census has Hertfordshire; 1851 Census has Picadilly; 1861 Census has London. 1871 & 1881 have Abbotts Langley  
  **   John and Sarah's surname appears as KAFORD at Lambeth and they gave rise to a relatively short-lived line of KAFORDs as well as the KIFFORDs  
  *** John was subject to a poor law examination at Lambeth in 1818 in which he gave his age as 44 and that he went to work for a farmer at Wendy when he was 14  
  John Kefferd and Sarah Wheeler were also ancestors of:   Relationship to William Edward James Kifford:  
  No 1 Charles John Frederick Kifford   First Cousin once removed  
  No 5 James Kifford   First Cousin once removed    
       
    Rank Number Regiment(s) or Ship(s) Died Age
16 KEFFORD William Ernest Private 11414943 North Staffordshire 31.05.1946 25
           
Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial        
Witton Cemetery, Moor Lane, Birmingham, England   Enlisted      
Section 115 Grave 18203   Photo Home South Yardley, Birmingham    
      GRO NORMAL DEATH INDEX Volume Page
Other Memorials     Index JUN 1946 DROITWICH 6C 197
  Parents William Kefford & Alice Madeleine Lawton Born  
    Married 1916 ASTON 1921  
    Widow Violet Ruby Wilson ASTON  
    Married 1943 BIRMINGHAM    
Other    
Details    
     
Family Father: William Kefford was born at Aston in 1893    
Line Grandfather: George Kefford was born at Sutton in 1860 and married Annette Jenkins in 1887 at Aston    
  Great-Grandfather: John Kefford was born at Potton in 1824 and married Emily Griggs in 1854 at Sutton    
  2x Great-Grandfather: Richard Kefford was born in Northill in 1798 and married Mary Mead in 1819 at Potton    
  Richard Kefford and  Mary Mead were also ancestors of: Relationship to William Ernest Kefford:  
  No 2 Charles Joseph Kefford   Second Cousin once removed  
  No 3 Francis Henry Kefford   Second Cousin once removed  
  No 4 Frank Kefford   Second Cousin once removed    
       
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