George Gatward Jenkins

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George Gatward Jenkins was born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, on 13 Nov 1895 the son of Rev. George Lewis Jenkins, who became Minister of the Birdbush Independent Congregational Chapel, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, and Ellen (Nellie) Jenkins (nee Gatward).  He spent some of his early years in Donhead St. Mary until by 1911 his father had been transferred to Killamarsh, Derbyshire.  He had enlisted on 12 September, 1914 with the Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment as a Private (Service No.422). He was later transferred to the Yorkshire Regiment (Sheffield Battalion) on the 9 September 1916 with new Service No. 36324. On the 17 February, 1917 he was again transferred this time to No. 9 Officer Cadet Battalion and, in due course on 29 May 1917, received a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment.   It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  The 1921 Census shows him living at 243 Mid dlewood Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, working as a Bank Clerk with the National Provincial Bank . The 1939 Register shows he was now living, still single, at 13 Whiston Grove, Rotherham, West Riding, Yorkshire, working as a Bank Cashier as well as a Volunteer ARP Warden.  His eventual marriage to Emily Stubbs was recorded in Keighley, West Riding, Yorkshire, during 1941.  By the time of his death he was living at Western Lodge, 36 Broomhall Place, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, where he died on 6 Feb 1977.