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Aubigny Communal Cemetery, France Aubigny Communal Cemetery, France
First Name: Edwin Sydney Last Name: JENKINS
Date of Death: 23/09/1916 Lived/Born In: Brockley
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London2/16
Memorial Site: Brockley, St Hilda

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Age-30

67, Manwood Road, Brockley

Aubigny Communal Cemetery, France

 

60th Division, made up entirely of 2nd line territorial battalions from London, went to France in June, 1916 where they remained until they were sent to Salonika at the end of the year. During the six months spent on the Western Front they were employed in holding the front line around Arras and were one of the few divisions in France to avoid the Battle of the Somme.

During September 1916, the 2/16th London battalion of 179 Brigade, 60th Division spent time the front line at Ecoivres, to the north of Arras and it was here on 23rd September that Edwin Jenkins was killed.

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