Basic Details
Surname
Jenkins
Forenames
William Henry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. Lived in the village and enlisted in January 1915 into a Royal Marine Medical unit. He served in the Dardanelles before being shot by a sniper in France as he tended to the wounded. Also commemorated on IWM 2627 and 2632.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Navy
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Marine Light Infantry
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Beaumont-Hamel
Cemetery
Ancre British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
November
Day of death
3
Age at death
31
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action