Past Master Beryl Jeffery

Members of the Company will be sad to learn that Past Master Beryl Jeffery passed away in St Georges Hospital, Tooting, overnight on 16 / 17 June 2017. This was following a fairly short illness. She had been admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia but unfortunately some complications were later discovered.

Beryl loved the Worshipful Company of Firefighters and often told her son Howard how happy she was to be one of our Members, especially when she became our first Lady Master in 2013. She loved the welcome she always got at our meetings and events. At the time of her passing she was very professionally serving on our Finance Committee.

Beryl came to us via her links with the Wandsworth London Borough for whom she had previously served as Mayor. She was the Boroughs’ representative on the London Fire & Civil Defence Authority (LFCDA) for a number of years.