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Lieutenant RALPH CONWAY JENKINS, R.F.C. Lieutenant, General List and Royal Flying Corps. Age 21 Died 2.12.1917
Lieutenant RALPH CONWAY JENKINS, R.F.C., was born at Twickenham, Middlesex. He joined the Army at the outbreak of the 1914-18 war. Serving with
the Royal Garrison Artillery, selected officers were attached to the Royal Flying Corps to learn to fly, being able to do so, they could observe the fall of an artillery unit's gunfire and
corrections to targeting could be made.
So it was that Lt. Jenkins found himself at Grange Aerodrome he been awarded his pilot’s wings after successful completion of his
instruction. On Sunday 2nd of December 1917 at 3.00pm, he took off in an Avro 504J service reg. no. B 4247, along for the flight was Able Seaman Penn R.N. There was a high wind blowing at the time, and when about two hundred feet high, the machine was seen to turn sideways and crash to the earth. When taken out of the debris of the machine, the officer was found to be dead, having sustained terrible injuries, Penn had one of his thighs broken, having received surgical attention, he was conveyed to hospital, and recovered.
It is thought at the inquest held two days later, that a freak gust of wind flipped the machine over on its back, there had been insufficient
height for the pilot to recover, and the aeroplane crashed. A verdict of accidental death was returned. Lieutenant RALPH CONWAY JENKINS, R.F.C., was buried on the 11th of December 1917, and is laid to
rest, Plot 50 Space 61, and is commemorated by a Family Memorial.
Private WILLIAM HENRY JENKINS, R.M.L.I. PO/9389, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Age 48
Died 9.3.1916
Private WILLIAM HENRY JENKINS, Royal Marine Light Infantry, was the son of John and Ann Jenkins, and the husband of Chloris Jenkins. Private
Jenkins was wounded in France, he was treated at one of the casualty clearing stations, and his condition was stabilised. He was brought back on a troopship to Netley Hospital, where after further
treatment he continued to recover. Sadly, an outbreak of infection, in the hospital, resulted in his relapse, from which he never recovered. He passed away on the 9th of March 1916. Private WILLIAM HENRY
JENKINS, R.M.L.I., was returned to his hometown, where he was buried on the 16th March 1916. He is laid to rest, Plot 2a Space 29, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Mr FRANCIS WILLIAM JOHNSON 10 Hartington Road, Gosport. Age 75 Died 27.4.1941 SEE – Mrs ELIZABETH ANN BLACKBURN
DOMINIK KALLA Soldier, German Army Born
5.8.1902 Died 7.6.1944 Age 41
DOMINIK KALLA was seriously wounded in the bitter fighting during the allied landings in Normandy the day after D-Day (7th June 1944). Yet again
he was treated and removed to a hospital ship for transfer to this country for major surgery. On the journey back he lost his battle for life and died of his wounds. DOMINIK KALLA, was buried on Saturday
10th June 1944, in the German Plot of the War Graves Section, Row4 Grave 1. A CWG headstone commemorates his final resting-place.
SOLOMON KAMMERER Soldier, German Army. Died 16.8.1944 Age unknown
SOLOMON KAMMERER was wounded in action, during the allied breakout of the Normandy Beachheads. He was part of a defensive rearguard action,
which was ordered to stand firm. By this action, they allowed many of their countrymen to slip back through the land to the rear of the village of Failaise. When their last ditch resistance collapsed,
the whole area, became a notoriously known as ‘the killing fields’ in which so many German soldiers were to lose their lives, and which was known forever after, as the ‘Falaise
Pocket’.
Solomon Kammerer, received urgent medical attention, and was placed aboard a hospital ship for the journey back to this country. Due to grievous
nature of the wounds he had received, it resulted in his losing his life on Wednesday 16th August 1944, before the ship reached home waters. Solomon Kammerer was buried on 19th August 1944 in the German
Plot, of the War Graves Section (see plans on back pages), Row 2 Grave 3, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Chief Petty Officer JABEZ HENRY KEECH R.N. P/J 95460, Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy. Also served in the 1914-18 War. Age 42 Died 3.11.1945
Chief Petty Officer JABEZ HENRY KEECH, Royal Navy, was the son of Jabez Henry and Ellen Matilda Keech.
He was the husband of Gladys Ivy Keech. They lived at No. 37 Palmyra Road, Elson, Gosport. He passed away at Park Pruett Hospital, Basingstoke, Hants. After having been admitted with illness. It is
thought that he was taken into hospital because he was in such bad health after having been a prisoner of the Japanese. His condition was a direct result of his treatment by them. Like so many other
prisoners of war held captive by the Japanese he could not cope with the coming cold conditions. The climate and health problems were too much for these depleted and emaciated men. Whatever the cause he
passed away on Saturday 3rd November 1945. On return to Gosport, Chief Petty Officer JABEZ HENRY KEECH, R.N., was buried on Thursday 8th November 1945, and laid to rest, Plot 17, Space 73, and his final
resting place is commemorated by CWG headstone.
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