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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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