The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Jenkins

Photograph by "Simon Tiron"

Private Frederick JENKINS, G/21585, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 19th September 1918, age 20.

Born Goring by Sea, Sussex, son of Harry and Margaret Jenkins, of 94, Hallowell Road, Northwood, Middlesex.

1911 Census - 5 Knole Terrace, Hollowell Road, Northwood, Middlesex - Harry Jenkins, head, age 41, married, gardener domestic, worker, born Sompting, Sussex; Margaret Jenkins, wife, age 42, married 18 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Ickenham, Middlesex; Lucy Cecilia Jenkins, daughter, age 15, single, born Goring by Sea, Sussex; Frederick Jenkins, son, age 13, school, born Goring by Sea, Sussex; Agnes Emma Jenkins, daughter, age 10, school, born Goring by Sea, Sussex.

Enlisted Harrow, Middlesex, age 18 years & 2 months, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 129lbs. Resided 1 Noel/Knowle Terrace, Hollowell Road, Northwood, Middlesex. Formerly cement tipping (Bells Asbestos).

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 10th May 1916, mobilized; 11th May 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, Service No.21007; 31st March 1917, posted 2/6 Battalion, East Surrey Regiment; 22nd September 1917, posted BEF; 16th October 1917, embarked; 16th October 1917, posted 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment; 23rd October 1917, 38 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to 23rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, Service No.54230; 26th October 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 20th February 1918, posted No.12 Entrenching Battalion; 5th March 1918, posted to 35th Division; 25th March 1918, 4th Army Group of Entrenching Battalion, joined 12 Entrenching Battalion, In the Field; 23rd June 1918, attached 7th Battalion, "A" Company, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1918, compulsorily & permanently transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment, & posted 7th Battalion.

14th April 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 9/3 a week payable to mother, will cease.

15th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Harry Jenkins, 94, Hallowell Road, Northwood; Mother, Margaret Jenkins, 94, Hallowell Road, Northwood; Brothers - none; Sisters - Lucy Day, age 23, 98, Hallowell Road, Northwood; Agnes Jenkins, age 19, 94, Hallowell Road, Northwood.

Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, I. G. 21., Vend'huile, France.

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