Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book._ at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1908, Janet, dau. of Arthur Morrow, of Hogganfield, and had a son and a daughter: Arthur, _b._ 15 Jan. 1910; and Mary Jane, _b._ 8 Jan. 1911. =JENKINS, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7610), S.S. 1394 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =JENKINSON, JOHN BANKS=, Capt., Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ and heir of Sir George Banks Jenkinson, of Eastwood, co. Gloucester, 12th Baronet, by his wife, Madeline (Eastwood Park, Falfield; Hawkesbury, Chippenham), eldest dau. of Arthur Holme Sumner, of Hatchlands, Surrey; _b._ London, 9 June, 1881; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade, 10 March, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 18 March, 1901, and Captain, 6 May, 1908; served in the South African War 1901-2, being employed with the Mounted Infantry; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, April to Dec. 1901, and in the Orange River Colony, Jan. to 31 May, 1902 (Queen's medal with five clasps); was Adjutant, School of Mounted Infantry, Egypt, 11 June, 1905, to 5 May, 1908; went through the Staff College, 1910-11; was G.S.O. (3rd Grade) to Sir James Grierson, Eastern Command, 1911-13, and Brigade Major, 3rd Infantry Brigade, at Bordon, and at the Front, 1913 to 14 Sept. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. Buried at Vendresse. Capt. Jenkinson was a well-known big game hunter, and had secured rare trophies from countries, including South Africa, Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Rocky Mountains, the Canadian Prairies, and Southern Tunisia. He was also a keen polo player. He _m._ at St. George's, Hanover Square, 9 Nov. 1907, Joan (The White House, Hook, Hants), only dau. of Colonel Joseph Hill, of Wollaston Hall, Northamptonshire, C.B., and had two children: Sir Anthony Banks Jenkinson, 13th Baronet, _b._ 3 July, 1912; succeeded his grandfather, 5 June, 1915; and Elizabeth Deborah, _b._ 27 Oct. 1908. [Illustration: =John Banks Jenkinson.=] =JENNINGS, ALLEN WILLIAM MARK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2401), 165648, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =JENNINGS, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6422), 305498, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =JENNINGS, FREDERICK=, A.B., R.F.R., S.S. 2437, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =JENNINGS, FREDERICK SINCLAIR WILLS=, Private, No. 63495, 23rd Battn., subsequently attd. 14th Reserve Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Frederick Wills Jennings, of 8, Selborne Place, Hove, formerly of Ealing and Streatham, B.A., retired H.C.S.; _b._ Wandsworth Common, co. Surrey, 11 Nov. 1881; educ. St. Paul's School (foundation scholar), Wren's; Edinburgh University and Bangor University (Agricultural Department); after finishing his course there, he went to Canada and took up land in British Columbia, but on the outbreak of war volunteered for active service overseas with the West Mounted Rifles, 23rd Battn., at Calgary, 4 Nov. 1914. After training in Quebec, he came over with the Reserve Battn. of the 1st Contingent to Shorncliffe in March, 1915, went to the Front in May, and was shot through the head by a sniper while on duty in the trenches, near the Bois de Ploegsteert, Belgium, 6 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried the same day in a small cemetery in Ploegsteert Wood. His Platoon Commander wrote: "He joined my platoon from the 23rd Regt. early in May, after the Battle of Ypres, and I was struck from the first by his cheerfulness, quiet obedience, and a striking devotion to duty in face of the many obstacles we have to contend with. He received his baptism of fire shortly after coming to this country at the Battle of Festubert, and was with us at Givenchy, coming successfully through these ordeals." Jennings was in the 1st XV. at St. Paul's, and joined the Cadet Corps during the South African War. [Illustration: =Frederick S. W. Jennings.=] =JENNINGS, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 593V, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =JENNINGS, REGINALD JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 2355, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of William Jennings, of West View, Blagdon Hill, Taunton, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Francis Lancashire, of St. Helier's, Jersey; _b._ St. Helier's, Jersey, 1 Feb. 1888; educ. Huish Grammar School, Taunton, and St. Mark's College, Chelsea; was a Schoolmaster at Bridge Council Schools, Wealdstone; served in the 10th Middlesex Territorial Regt., 1907-11, and enlisted for Imperial service in Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for the Front, 9 March, 1915, served in France and Flanders, and was seriously wounded at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, and died the day following. Buried in cemetery at Noeux les Mines; _unm._ [Illustration: =Reginald John Jennings.=] =JENNINGS, RICHARD LOUIS=, A.B., 213174, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =JENNINGS, WILLIAM=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch. 13997, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =JENOURE, GEORGE ETHELREAD=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 21192, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =JEPHSON, JOHN NOBLE=, Major, 6th (Service) Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late Dep.-Inspector-General William Holmes Jephson, M.D., by his wife, Mary Harden, dau. of the late Major Horatio Nelson Noble, Indian Army, and grandson of the late John Jephson, of Limerick, J.P.; _b._ Bangalore, India, 8 Oct. 1864; educ. Norwood (Exeter), Newton Abbot College, Kelly College, and Sandhurst; gazetted to Manchester Regt. in 1885, joining the Indian Army (5th Bengal L.I.) in 1889. He obtained his majority in 1903, but becoming subject to malaria, retired from the Indian Army in 1905, and joined the Territorial force in Devon, with the Command of the 4th Wessex Brigade, R.F.A. He resigned this command shortly before the outbreak of war in 1914, when he again offered his services, and was appointed second in command of the 6th Royal Munster Fusiliers in Sept. 1914. He took part in the landing of that Regt. in Suvla Bay on 7 Aug. 1915, and in the subsequent fighting on the Karakol Dagh; on his own initiative he took an important position there, which was subsequently officially named "Jephson's Post"; he was shot through the head on 15 Aug. while charging at the head of his men in the attack on Kiretch Tepe Sirt, and died of his wounds in Mudros Hospital on 29 Aug. 1915. His Colonel wrote of him: "From the first the loyalty he always showed to me, though junior to him in years, never slackened or failed; when we got into the active sphere of operations, his energy and keenness were marvellous; he practically alone captured an important height which the Brigadier always afterwards in his orders called 'Jephson's Post,' and it was in the defence of this post that he was shot. For absolute dash and |