Private
Leonard Jenkinson
Military Details
Service Number: 3330
Regiment & Unit / Ship
5th Border Regiment
Enlisted
25 August 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
25 August 1914
Place of Enlistment
Whitehaven
Residence at Enlistment
Whitehaven
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
5th
Service Number at Enlistment
3330
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1896
Place of Birth
Whitehaven
Religion
Primitive Methodist
Residence (Census)
2. Henry Street, Bransty Whitehaven, Cumberland
Parents
John & Mary Ann Jenkinson
Siblings
Arthur Ernest
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Grocer's Apprentice
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
1st October 1916
Age at Death
20
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Somme
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
5th
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
France
Grave Position: Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C
Private Memorial: Primitive Methodists Roll of Honour/Cleator Moor Methodists church
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