In Memory Of

JENKINSON, CLEMENT

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 6380
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-15
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of John William Jenkinson, of 158, Taylor Hill Rd., Huddersfield, England, and the late Mary Elizabeth Jenkinson. Originally from Yorkshire. A commercial traveler. Enlisted in the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force at Potchefstroom in October 1915, aged 23 years. He had earlier seen service in the Natal Carbineers and Botha's Natal Horse, and fought in German South-West Africa. Posted to 'B' Company of the 2nd South African Infantry (Natal and Orange Free State Regiment), he arrived in France, via Egypt, in April 1916 and was killed in action in the epic battle for Delville Wood on 15 July 1916.