No. 34687, Private, William JENNINGS
Aged 26
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William Jennings was born in Burwell (Newmarket Q4-1890 3B:476), son of Robert and Fanny JENNINGS (née DOE).
1891 census...Aged 5 months, he was at Hythe Brigg Lane (Hythe Bridge Lane), Burwell with his father Robert JENNINGS [26] merchant's labourer; his mother Fanny [23] and brother Richard [2]. They were all born in Burwell. 1901 census...Aged 10, he was at Heys Lane (Hythe Lane), Burwell with his parents (father now a turf digger), brother Richard and brother Arthur [8] born in Burwell. 1911 census...Aged 20, a turf hawker, he was at Hythe Lane, Burwell with his parents, brothers Richard (farm labourer) and Arthur (grocer's porter) and sister Fanny [6] born Burwell. |
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He enlisted in Newmarket. The 11th Essex were in the Hill 70 area. On the 21st April the 14th Durham Light Infantry disposed of a strong machine-gun nest on the Double Crassier Railway which had been holding up our right. Two counter-attacks were repelled, and on the 22nd April the 14th D.L.I. and the 11th Essex Regiment delivered a combined attack. The 14th D.L.I. secured the whole of their objective, with forty-six prisoners and three machine-guns, but the 11th Essex Regiment was unable to gain any ground. The 11th Essex had 64 killed, only 7 having identified graves.
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