Private Philip George Jeandron
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light
Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
08/05/1915
1914-15 Star
The son of J Jeandron of Edmonton, Canada, formerly
of 7 The Parade, St Helier. He left Canada with his
unit on the 16th August 1914, and was one of the first
Canadians to see action on the Western Front.
Killed in action, aged 26 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Wednesday 23 June 1915
Jersey Canadian Killed at Ypres. The name
of another Jerseyman, Private Philip Jeandron, has to
be added to the already long list of those who have
given up their lives for the Empire during the present
war. Private Jeandron who was employed in Edmonton,
Canada, when war broke out enlisted in Princess Patricias
Canadian Light Infantry and left Edmonton on 18 August.
His Regiment was one of the first Canadian units to
go up to the Front. Taken ill through exposure in the
trenches he was sent back to hospital in England where
he remained for about 3 months returning to the Front
during the second week of April. He was killed at Ypres
about a month later. His widowed mother who emigrated
from Jersey a few years ago and is now living in Edmonton
with her married daughter, Mrs Renouf, received the
following official intimation of her son's death "Deeply
regret to inform you 506 Private Philip Jeandron of
Princess Pats officially reported killed in action".
