Tag: World War II
Lee Storm Ferris Killed in Action
Ferris - Jeffrey, Ferris - John
Lee was one of the many, many Westchester County, New York, Ferrises. Born in 1915, he would be killed in action in the Hurtgen Forest of far-western Germany in December 1944. This was before the Battle of the Bulge but the fighting was no less intense.
Commander Edward Mortimer Ferris, Royal Navy
Edward Mortimer Ferris was the sixth great-grandson of Jeffrey Ferris through his son, John. He was born, in 1909, in Ohio of Raymond West Ferris and Henrietta Davis. Raymond Ferris was a noted yachtsman before World War II, and served as a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy during that war.