Kenneth (Ken) Jenner
Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park
Regiment: Royal Marines
Rank and number: Marine
Parents: Frederick Thomas Jenner and Lillian Maud Jenner
Home address: 43 West Park Road, Staple Hill
Pre-war occupation: Not known
Date of birth: 25/02/1924
Date of death: 26/10/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Commemorated on Staple Hill War Memorial
Age: 20
Further information:
Ken was the son of a painter and decorator and the youngest of 8 children, with 4 sisters and 3 brothers. Ken was hit in the shoulder by a sniper while on active duty and was then sent back to England to recover in hospital where he contracted TB. He was discharged from the Marines on the 26th November 1943 on the grounds that he was "Physically unfit for Royal Marine Service". A year later he died of TB and his death was registered in Kingswood.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
http://www.lostancestors.eu/memwar/S/StapleHillSoldat.htm#Jenner