Name
John (Jack) Gilderdale Jennings
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/08/1915
37
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
66th Punjabis
Attached Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HELLES MEMORIAL
Panel 255.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 23 Apr 1876 in Sitapur, Oudh, India son of the late Gen. Sir Robert Melvill Jennings, K.C.B. and Agnes Mary (Gilderdale) Jennings. Educated at the United Services College 1888-93 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 5 Aug 1896 (unattached list) and was posted to the Indian Army on 6 Oct 1897. Served on the North-West Frontier 1897-98 and 1901-02. Was promoted Lieutenant on 5 Nov 1898, Captain on 5 Aug 1905. He married Adeline Braun Forrester (nee Hartnoll) of 1 Hyde Park Terrace, London on 18 Apr 1912 and had two children.
Wartime Service
Promoted to Major on 5 Aug 1914. Killed in action on Chocolate Hill, Suvla Bay, Gallipoli while leading his men after he had been wounded three times.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
