The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal A Jenner

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Photograph by "Philippe DEGROOTE"

Corporal Arthur JENNER, G/534, "C" Company, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd July 1916, age 27.

14th April 1890, born East Sutton, Maidstone, Kent, son of Thomas & Emma Jenner, of Bramble Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, Kent - Thomas Jenner, head, age 57, married, labourer general, farm, worker, born Hollingbourne, Kent; Emma Jenner, wife, age 52, married 30 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Leeds, Kent; Thomas Edward Jenner, son, age 29, single, labourer, farm, worker, born Hollingbourne, Kent; *Albert Jenner, son, age 23, single, labourer, bricklayer, builder, worker, born Hollingbourne, Kent; Alfred Henry Jenner, son, age 15, single, labourer general, farm, worker, born Loose, Kent; Esther Mary Jenner, daughter, age 13, school, born Loose, Kent; Herbert Fridd, nephew, age 7, born Langley, Kent.

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*Aircraftman 2nd Class, Albert Jenner, Service No.F/22804, Air Station, Kingsnorth, Royal Naval Air Service, became ill and died on 3rd April 1917, age 29. Buried at Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent, Naval 26.1366. Commemorated on Loose War Memorial.

1911 Census - Linton Park Gardens, Maidstone, Kent - Ernest Foreman, head, age 28, single, foreman gardener, domestic, worker, born Fulborne, Cambridgeshire; William Pettitt, boarder, age 23, single, journeyman gardener, worker, born Loose, Kent; William Allen, boarder, age 23, single, journeyman gardener, worker, born Coombe Bissett, Wiltshire; Aleck Cooke, boarder, age 21, single, journeyman gardener, worker, born Redhill, Surrey; Arthur Jenner, boarder, age 20, single, journeyman gardener, worker, born East Sutton, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 24 years & 120 days, height 5ft 7 inches, fresh complexion, one blue eye, one brown eye, brown hair. Formerly gardener.

Home 31st August 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 3rd July 1916.

31st August 1914, enlisted; 2nd September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted unpaid Lance Corporal; 15th September 1914, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 11th February 1915, promoted Corporal; 12th May 1915, rank confirmed as Corporal; 1st June 1915, posted BEF; 9th March 1916, appointed paid Lance Sergeant; 3rd July 1916, posted missing.

1st July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Thomas Jenner, Bramble Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, Kent; Mother, Emma Jenner, Bramble Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, Kent; Brothers - Thomas Edward Jenner, age 38, Bramble Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, Kent; William John Jenner, age 36, 4 Hendra Terrace, Sandwich; Alfred Henry Jenner, age 24, T.F.I. Richborough, Kent; Sisters - Alice Sarah Harman, 28 Uridge Road, Tonbridge, Kent; Harriett Elizabeth Jenner, age 26, Somerfield House, London Road, Maidstone, Kent; Esther Mary Jenner, age 22, Bramble Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, Kent.

Buried at Ovillers Military Cemetery, VII. B. 10., France. Commemorated at St Botolph Church, Chevening, Kent & Loose War Memorial.

NOTE: Regimental History and Soldiers Died in the Great War both show rank as Corporal; CWGC web site show rank as Lance Serjeant.

This page was last updated on 24-Jan-2023.