JENKYNS, Lionel Victor
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Monmouthshire Police Force
Regiment/Corps:
South Wales Borderers
Service:
Army
P.O.W. number:
1424????
Born:
Wednesday, February 8, 1922
Birthplace:
Pontypool
Died :
Thursday, June 29, 1995
Age:
73
Lionel Victor Jenkyns from Pontypool joined the Monmouthshire Police Force in 1939. Lionel volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 joining the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot, Achncarry. In May 1943 he is listed as being in a Military Hospital. No.3 Commando at this time were based in North Africa. He retired from the Monmouthshire Police in 1946 whilst based at Blaina on account of ill health. Member of Commando Association from Newport, Gwent.
Sources
No.3 Cdo. War Diary May 1943 Field Return of OR's Part C.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 102 (1996).
England & Wales Government Probate Death Index, Llandaff Registry, probate date 24/9/1995.
The 1939 Registry covering Pontypool.
South Wales Gazette 29 March 1946, p6 (below).
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