Notes
The Roll lists his address as 7 St Margaret's Road; his elder brother John Ernest is also on the Roll of Honour, which lists his surname as "Jakins".
(CWGC records that Private H Jakings, regimental number 17627, died on 22/10/1917 serving in 6th Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent regiment, and is buried in grave V.C.33 at Duisans British Cemetery at Etrun in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that "Harry Jakings" formerly served in the Royal West Surrey Regiment under the regimental number 12026, and that he was a native of Melton Mowbray who enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects likewise records him as "Harry Jakings", stating that his mother Bertha was his legatee. His Army service file records him as "Harry Jakings", indicating that he was living at North Bank, Peterborough and was aged 19 when he enlisted on 5/4/1916. His next of kin was his father John Jakings of 3 The Curve, Farcet. He was posted to the 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment on 24/10/1916. He died on 22/10/1917 at No 19 Casualty Clearing Station from wounds he had sustained in action on 1/10/1917. His Army file records that in September 1919 his parents John and Bertha Jakings were living at 7 St Margaret's Road in Fletton. Although he was recorded on the Army forms and on census as "Harry Jakings", his birth in Melton Mowbray in 1897 was registered as "Thomas Henry Jakings", which was therefore his legal name).