James Valentine Jenkerson

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55639

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

June 6th, 1916

Cemetery:

Reninghelst New Military Cemetery - Ypres, Belgium - I.H.4.

Commemorated at:

Brantford Congregational Church PSA Brotherhood

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Kent

Birth city:

Chatham

Address at enlistment:

66 Grey Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

32 Hartington Street, Chatham, England

Trade or calling:

Painter

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Trenches South of Zillebeke.

BX June 19, 1916

Private James Valentine Jenkerson of Brantford has been killed in action, according to a recent casualty list. Jenkerson formerly worked at the Massey-Harris factory here as painter and enlisted with the 32nd Battery. He was later transferred to the 4th Battalion, going overseas with the second contingent. Jenkerson is a single man and formerly resided at 66 Grey Street. His relatives reside in England.

BX June 20, 1916

Further particulars as to Private James Valentine Jenkerson, who was yesterday reported killed in action, have been received by the Expositor. His sister Mrs. H. Gould lives just outside the city limits in West Brantford. His mother resides in the old country. Private Jenkerson enlisted under Major Newman in the 19th Battalion. He formerly worked at the Massey-Harris Co., and boarded at 66 Grey Street. Private Jenkerson comes of a military family, his father having seen 21 years’ service, and is still in the army, being a veteran of the Indian wars and a Chelsea pensioner.