Jeffrey Edward Filby

An Ordinary Seaman with H.M.S. Veteran, Jeffrey died on 26th of September 1942 aged 21. 

Jeffrey was born at Hornsey, London, on 5 December 1920, a son of Joseph Percy and Ella (Emma) Amelia Filby. In 1921 his family lived at 73 Park Ridings, Wood Green, London. By 1939 they were living at 15 Uplands Road, East Barnet, and Jeffrey worked as a clerk in the 'film trade'. Later his parents moved to Lowestoft.

In 1942 Jeffrey served with the destroyer H.M.S. Veteran. In September 1942 the Veteran was part of the escort for convoy RB-1. On 25 September two ships, S.S. Boston and S.S. New York, were sunk by a German submarine. The next day the Veteran stopped to pick up survivors from the S.S. New York and was struck by torpedoes from German submarine U-404. All 134 of the Veteran’s crew, and a number of survivors from the S.S. New York were killed.