• Born: 1901, Heigham, Norwich, Norfolk, England ¹
• Died: 11 May 1929, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England ²

  Research Notes:

Herbert Edgar Edward Jeffries died aged 28 years. ²

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"Herbert E. Jeffries, of Huddersfield, was on Saturday riding in the sidecar of a machine driven by Francis Davies, of Huddersfield, and when passing a bus they collided with a motor-cycle driven by Herbert Carter, of Rastrick. The combination overturned, and Jeffries was thrown out near the bus and was instantly killed. Davies, who received serious head injuries, and Carter, who was stunned, were taken to Clayton Hospital, Wakefield."

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 13 May 1929.

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MOTOR-CYCLISTS' SPEED.

Criticism by West Riding Coroner at a Horbury Inquest.

Mr. C. J. Haworth held an inquest at Horbury, yesterday, on Herbert Edgar Edward Jeffries (28), engineer's fitter, of Huddersfield, who was killed on Saturday afternoon by being thrown out of the side-car of a motor combination driven by a friend named Francis Henry Davies.
In drawing out to pass a stationary bus Davies collided head-on with a motor cycle ridden by Herbert Carter Coker, of Rastrick, Jeffries being flung from the side-car and his neck broken.
The jury returned a verdict of "Misadventure," the Coroner commenting that motor cyclists travelled considerably faster than was good for themselves or the general traffic."

Leeds Mercury, 14 May 1929.