Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Private C. E. Jennings, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, killed in action on 14 November 1914
1914 Star, with copy clasp (10789 Pte. C. E. Jennings. 2/K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (10789 Pte. C. E. Jennings. K.R. Rif. C.) good very fine or better

Pair: Private W. R. Jennings, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Wiltshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (R-27558 Pte. W. R. Jennings. K.R. Rif. C.) nearly extremely fine (5) £160-200

Charles Edgar Jennings was born in Marylebone, Middlesex in 1894, son of William and Elizabeth Jennings, and was a fish porter before enlisting in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914 and was killed in action on 14 November 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

William Richard Jennings was born in Marylebone, Middlesex in 1881. He served during the Great War with the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and later the 6th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. He was discharged 27 March 1919.