Fred Jenkins

Memorial: Bitton - St Mary's Church

Regiment: The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private (Service No. T/205463)

Parents: Charles and Mary Ann Jenkins

Marital status: Single

Home address: Golden Valley, Bitton Always lived in Bitton

Pre-war occupation: Labourer at Paper Mill

Date of birth: 1886

Place of birth: Bitton, Bristol

Date of death: 28/03/1918

Buried/Commemorated at: Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1 (Ref. V. C. 35.), Somme, France

Age: 34

Further information:

Fred was born in 1886 1st Quarter – baptised St Mary’s Church, Bitton 12/02/1886.

On the 1911 Census, Fred lived with his parents and brother Evan. His four older brothers and sisters had left home. His father died at the end of 1916, and on the pension card, his mother was living in Knowle, and died in 1922.

Fred is commemorated on the Upton Cheyney United Reform church memorial and the Bitton, St Mary’s Church memorial.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Volunteer Researcher John Davis.