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 with the Yorkshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 36324).  He eventually received a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment on 10 February 1917.  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 Middlewood 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.