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George Jenner
Died from the effects of heat in Mesoptamia
George Jenner is my Grand Uncle (brother of my Nan) - he was born in 1890 at Benenden, Kent. He enlisted in The East Kent Regiment (aka "The Buffs") and was posted out to the Middle East, sometime before July 1916. On 9th of July 1916 he died from the effects of heat in Mesoptamia. He is buried in the Basra War Cemetery, Iraq - and his grave is looked after by the Commonwealth War Grave Commissi…
Contributors
- Kevin Poile
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- George Jenner
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Contributors
- Kevin Poile
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- George Jenner
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2014-07-11 17:41:49 UTC
- 2014-07-11
- 2014-07-11
Places
- Middle East
- Basra, Iraq
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 16730
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/16730
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:26:55.945Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z