Jenkins James S. 4455746
Personnel Entry
Name Jenkins James S.
Army number 4455746
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Award
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death).
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted probably early May 1939. Posted ? 6th Bn DLI. Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served BEF? Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Trf to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 21/9/1944. Documents to Leicester 11/11/1944.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not confirmed as yet but possibly Rifle Section Commander.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Sergeant.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet confirmed.
Home address Resident of Barnard Castle in 1949. No further family information as yet.
Source table 10DLI
