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Surname: JENKINS
Forename(s): William Henry
Place of Birth: Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Service No: 240100
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'D' Coy 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1917-10-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 42 to 47.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Henry Jenkins was the son of Allan and Sarah Ellen Jenkins, née Baker. Allan was born at Walford near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire and Sarah at Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
1901 Gloucester, Gloucestershire Census: Seymour Road - Wm. Hy. Jenkins, aged 5 years, born Gloucester, son of Allan and Sarah E. Jenkins.
1911 Bradford, Yorkshire Census: 584, Little Horton Lane - William Henry Jenkins, aged 15 years, born Gloucester, son of Allan and Sarah Ellen Jenkins.
William was married to Frances Annie Thwaite in 1914.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Sjt William Jenkins, 1308, 240100, W. York. R. Theatre of War first served in: 1 - France. Date of entry therein: 16.4.15. K. in A.
Joy Wright, the niece of William Jenkins, notes that the address of William's parents given by the CWGC (4, Horner St., Finey Berth, Pengam) would now be written: 4, Horner Street, Tir-Y- Berth, Pengam.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
JENKINS, Sgt. H., aged 22, West Yorkshire Regiment, 27, Hallam’s Yard, Skipton, killed in action Oct. 1, 1917.
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Sergeant William Henry JENKINS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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Menu (Sergeants 2nd Anniversary Dinner, 16 April 1917)
Source: Fred Trafford Brocklehurst (Snaps of the War, 1914-5-6-7-8-9)
Menu (Sergeants 2nd Anniversary Dinner, 16 April 1917). Signature of William Jenkins - bottom right
Source: Fred Trafford Brocklehurst (Snaps of the War, 1914-5-6-7-8-9)
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19 October 1917
JENKINS – Killed in action on the Western Front on October 11th 1917, Sergeant W. Jenkins, West Yorkshire Regiment, husband of Mrs. Jenkins, 27, Hallam’s Yard, Skipton, aged 22 years.
19 October 1917
‘A SOLDIER TO HIS FINGER TIPS’ – SERGEANT W. JENKINS
Mrs. Jenkins, 27 Hallam’s Yard, Skipton, received letters from the Front at noon on Wednesday continuing the sad news that her husband, Sergeant W. Jenkins, West Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in action on October 11th, during the time the Battalion was engaged in an attack, a shell killing him instantaneously.
Captain W. G. Tetley describes deceased “as one of the best and bravest sergeants that I have ever known”, and says that all the officers and N.C.O.s and men mourn his loss more than words can tell. He adds: “Your only consolation is that he died so he lived – a soldier to his finger tips. He was doing his duty nobly when he fell.”
Lieut. R. Duncan McLean, in his letter says:– “I have had a great deal to do with your husband for some time and had a great respect and liking for him. He was one of the most conscientious men I ever met. He was always cheerful and his men would have followed him anywhere. Since coming out of action I have heard expressions of great regret from all the men in the company. He was a soldier and a leader of men and we feel his loss very greatly.”
Twenty-two years of age, Sergeant Jenkins was mobilised at the beginning of the war with the Skipton Territorials, went to the Front in April 1916, and was afterwards transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment. His time expired in April last, but he re-signed. He was formerly in the employ of a Bradford firm of cabinetmakers.
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19 October 1917
JENKINS – Killed in action, Oct. 11th, Sergt. W. Jenkins, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, husband of Mrs. Jenkins, of 27, Hallam’s Yard, Skipton, aged 22.
19 October 1917
SKIPTON SERGEANT KILLED – A Soldier to the Finger Tips
Mrs. Jenkins, of 27, Hallam’s Yard, Skipton, received word on Wednesday last that her husband, Sergeant W. Jenkins, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in action on October 11th. He was 23 years of age and was formerly employed as a cabinet maker with a Bradford firm. He mobilised with the Territorials, but was afterwards transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment. In a letter to Mrs. Jenkins, Captain W. G. Tetley, states:– “Your husband was killed during the time that the battalion was engaged in an attack, a shell killing him instantly. He was one of the best and bravest Sergeants I have ever known, and all the officers, N.C.O.’s and men mourn his loss more than I can say. The only consolation is, that he died as he lived – a soldier to his finger tips – and was doing his duty when he fell.” Lieutenant R. Duncan McLean also writes:– “I had a great deal to do with your husband for some time, and had a great respect and liking for him. He was one of the most conscientious men I have ever met. He was always cheerful, and his men would follow him anywhere. Since coming out of action I have heard expressions of great regret from all the men of the company. He was a soldier and leader of men, and they feel his loss very greatly.”
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