JENKINS Frederick Howard

  • First Name(s):
    Frederick 
    Howard 
  • Surname:
    JENKINS
  • Service Number:
    27088
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    14th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 5B.
  • Place of Birth:
    Amblecote, Staffordshire, enlisted Stourbridge
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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JENKINS Frederick Howard Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge War Memorial
Wollaston St James’s Church

Further Information About JENKINS Frederick Howard

Frederick Jenkins was born at Amblecote in 1891 and was one of the family of eleven sons of John and Ann Jenkins who lived at 4 Vicarage Road, Wollaston.  He attended Wollaston C of E School from 1900 to 1906 and left to become a baker.  He enlisted in February 1916 in the Gloucesters and joined the 14th Battalion in the 35th Division. The battalion went up to the front line on 22nd June as the preparations for the Battle of the Somme were being completed. The Division was involved in the second phase of the battle at Contalmaison and Delville Wood, and Private Frederick Jenkins was killed in action on the 19th July. He was 24 years of age.  His brother, Joseph, was killed in action on the 26th August at Thiepval.

Frederick Jenkins has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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