Fred – Jennings – Great Western Railway – Ordinary Seaman – 19/03/1918
Title
Fred – Jennings – Great Western Railway – Ordinary Seaman – 19/03/1918
Initials / forenames
Fred
Surname
Jennings
Railway company
Great Western Railway
Military unit
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Military rank
Ordinary Seaman
Military number
Z/10335
Railway department
Traffic Department, Henley-in-Arden
Railway job
Signal Porter
Ship
HMS Motagua
Date died
19/03/1918
Magazine reference
Great Western Railway Magazine, May 1918, p77. Photo: December 1918, p187
Memorial
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Notes
Age 24, the son of James Kathrine Annie Jennings of Bridge Street, Fenny Compton, Leamington, Warwickshire. In March 1918 HMS Motagua, an armed merchant cruiser, was in collision with the US destroyer Manley off the Irish coast, and was badly damaged by her exploding depth charges. There were several fatalities, including Jennings.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)
Date entered
26/04/2017
Last updated
26/04/2017
Citation
“Fred – Jennings – Great Western Railway – Ordinary Seaman – 19/03/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 16, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/52732.