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Dvr/Sig. Jenkins, Francis Aubrey

Driver/Signaller

Date of Birth: Q1 1893, Morriston
Occupation: Steel Worker (Pitman) (1911 Census)
Employer: Upper Forest & Worcester Steel & Tinplate Works Ltd
Enlisted - Date: 1914
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
Other service: 447 & 745201, 53rd DAC RFA
Date Died: 05/11/1918
How Died: Killed in Action
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.
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Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Q1 1893, Morriston. Parents - Thomas & Catherine

1901 - 1 Bowen Ter, Morriston. 9yo. W parents & 7 sibs

1911 - 35 Bath Road, Morriston. 18yo. Occ-Steel Worker (Pitman). W aunt, uncle & 4 sibs

1918 - Killed in Action, 5 Nov 1918

Personal Info: Son of Thomas and Catherine Jenkins. Brother of 138, Cpl JH Jenkins who also died.
Address:
34 Bath Road
Morriston (1911 Census)

Military Service

No SR or Brigade Service Number

Brother of 138, JH Jenkins

Enl Sep-Dec 1914 (in 1914 pic of recruits)

Transferred to 53rd DAC, likely 7/7/15, 447 & 745201

France 23-25 Nov 1915 as Dvr

Likely transferred to 29 DAC, Feb 1916

Killed in Action 5/11/1918. Final Unit C/75, Rank Signaller

Francis Aubrey Jenkins is remembered on the Morriston War Memorial next to his brothers and in the Swansea Municipal Secondary School Roll Of Honour . The Roll records Francis A. Jenkins, Driver R.F.A., killed at Amphroipret, near Mauberge, 5th Nov, 1918

Also on the Upper Forest and Worcester Steel and Tinplate Works Ltd War Memorial

https://www.swansea.gov.uk/article/7586/Dynevor-School-Swansea

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 25/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Addnl info: Buried/Commemorated: Cross Roads Cemetary, Fontaine-au-Bois, France
Final Unit: "C" Bty, 75th Bde
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)(NEWS)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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