Arthur William JENNINGS |
Obituary Pte. A.W. Jennings, (known to his many friends in the Regiment as "Jenner"), joined the Second Battalion on August 29th, 1914 and shortly afterwards was transferred to "A" Company of the First at Lowestoft. Here his cheerfulness and his willingness always to help a 'pal' gained him much deserved popularity and the boys of the old "A" Company will always remember him as a true comrade. Soon after his arrival in India, he went to Secunderabad as a nursing orderly, and while on duty there, he unfortunately contracted enteric, being sent as a convalescent to Wellington [Barracks]. He eventually rejoined the Battalion at Jullundur, and continued his duties as nursing orderly at the Station hospital, later also at Jutogh Hospital. His quiet patient nature earned him the heartfelt praise and appreciation of all who came under his care. His loss will be felt throughout the Battalion, and our deepest sympathy goes out to his parents in their sad bereavement. [The Londoner magazine, Feb 1919 - V.III, No.2 pg.52.] Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 In Memory of Private Arthur William JENNINGS who died age 23 on 23 October 1918 in India Remembered with honour KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL
Commemorated in perpetuity by
The Kirkee Memorial commemorates more than 1,800 servicemen who
died in India during the First World War, who are buried in
civil and cantonment cemeteries in India and Pakistan* where
their graves can no longer be properly maintained. This total
includes the names of 629 servicemen whose remains were brought
from
Kirkee, also known as Khadki, is a Military Cantonment adjoining
the large university town of [Courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission]
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