Senior Ordinary Seaman, Empire Knight, Merchant Navy. Died 12th February 1944. Aged 19. Son of Frederick & Ada Jellis, of Thrapston Northants; last given address 64, St, Nicholas Street, Lincoln. No known grave. See also Lincoln St Nicholas

Note: The Empire Knight was sailing to New York when she was carrying a general cargo, war supplies and 221 flasks of Mercury, she ran aground on Boon Island Ledge, just off the coast of Maine, U.S.A., in a gale (a blizzard) and split in two and sank with 24 fatalities.