Alfred Jaffe

Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Cecil Jaffe was an Irish officer of the British Army who served during the First World War.
He was born in 1885, the only son of German-born parents Alfred and Clara Jaffe (née Wedeles). His father, a linen merchant and justice of the peace, was the brother of Sir Otto, who became the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Belfast. During the war, Otto had to endure a surge of anti-German sentiment, which especially rose after the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. 
As a student, Jaffe attended Eastbourne and Emanuel Colleges, and, at the age of 16, enlisted in the Sussex Yeomanry.The Times (44755), p. 14. "Lieutenant-Colonel Jaffe". 3 December 1927." He was commissioned on 22 February 1911, in the 2nd County of London (Westminster Dragoons) Yeomanry.The London Gazette (28482), p. 2705. 4 April 1911, thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2021. A keen rider, Jaffe represented Britain at the Olympia Horse Show and was master of the Newmarket and Thurlow Hunt.
At the outbreak of war, he was serving as a captain, and as such accompanied his regiment to Egypt in December 1914. After service in Palestine, he had to be invalided home. Eventually, Jaffe resumed active duty in Italy, as the Assistant Provost Marshal. Following his promotion to lieutenant-colonel, Jaffe returned to Egypt as the commanding officer of the Remount Service at Kantara.
Returning to civilian life after the war, Jaffe focused on a variety of countryside pursuits, particularly hunting. He died on 1 December 1927, of an illness that had developed during the war. Jaffe was survived by his wife, Francis Evelyn Harbord, and their three children.
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