A ceremony was held at St Peter's Aldborough Hatch on Tuesday 6th November to mark the 100th anniversary of the death on 6th November 1918 of Lt Harry Jassby, a Jewish Canadian pilot, who is buried in St. Peter’s churchyard.
Led by Revd Kate Lovesey, the ceremony was attended by twenty local residents and councillors. David Martin of Fairlop Heritage Group, who organised the ceremony, read greetings from Harry Jassby’s niece in Montreal.
On the gravestone Lt Jassby is said to be 22-years-old when the died – but he lied about his age to enlist and was, in fact, 20 – the number of residents who attended the ceremony on Tuesday. I found this somewhat symbolic.
