Jenner, Harold James^[1]

1909 - 1997  (88 years)

• Name	Jenner, Harold James
  Birth	16 Jun 1909	1 Rockfield Villas, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Apr 1911	4 Atkin Cottages, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England   [5]
  	Age: 1y
  Census	19 Jun 1921	3 Hill View, Maple Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England   [6]
  	Age: 12y
  	Education: Whole Time
  Attested	17 Aug 1926	Caterham Valley, Surrey, England   [4, 7]
  	Age: 17y 2m
  Chest Size	17 Aug 1926  [8]
  	35 - 37 inches
  	Age: 17y 2m
  Complexion	17 Aug 1926  [8]
  	fresh
  	Age: 17y 2m
  Eyes	17 Aug 1926  [8]
  	grey
  	Age: 17y 2m
  Hair	17 Aug 1926  [8]
  	light brown
  	Age: 17y 2m
  Height	17 Aug 1926  [8]
  	5ft 4.5 inches
  	Age: 17y 2m
  Rank	From 17 Aug 1926 to 29 Nov 1929  [8]
  	private
  Regiment	From 17 Aug 1926 to 8 Apr 1938  [8]
  	The 4th Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment (Queen's Royal West Surrey)
  Service No.	From 17 Aug 1926 to 11 Apr 1941  [8]
  	6082335
  Occupation	17 Aug 1926	Whyteleafe, Surrey, England   [4, 7, 9]
  	gas employee
  	Age: 17y 2m
  Occupation	From 17 Aug 1926 to 11 Apr 1941  [8, 10]
  	soldier
  Residence	17 Aug 1926	3 Hill View, Maple Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England   [8]
  	Age: 17y 2m
  Occupation	7 Sep 1929  [11]
  	gasfitter
  	Age: 20y
  Residence	7 Sep 1929	Woodlands, Godstone Road, Kenley, Surrey, England   [11]
  	Age: 20y
  Rank	From 30 Nov 1929 to 2 Nov 1932  [8]
  	lance corporal
  Occupation	14 Apr 1930  [12]
  	gasfitter
  Interest	From 25 Apr 1930 to 1937  [13, 14, 15]
  	football
  Residence	From 1931 to 1932	244 Stafford Road, Caterham, Surrey, England   [16, 17]
  Rank	From 3 Nov 1932 to 15 Jul 1935  [8]
  	corporal
  Residence	From 1933 to 1936	217 Godstone Road, Warlingham, Surrey, England   [18, 19, 20]
  Rank	From 16 Jul 1935 to 22 Apr 1938  [8]
  	sergeant
  Trade/Skill	18 Sep 1935  [8]
  	instructor in drilll
  Residence	From Aug 1936 to 13 Oct 1938	Rothsay, 68 Milward Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England   [4, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24]
  	Moved to Hastings "due to my wife's ill health on doctors advice". Not found on register of voters in Hastings 15 Oct 1936. Not found in Pike's 1937. Not found in Pike's 1939 (68 Milward Road is empty)
  Occupation	24 May 1937	Hastings, East Sussex, England   [23]
  	gasfitter
  Regiment	From 8 Apr 1938 to 24 Jun 1940	Cinque Ports Way, St Leonards on Sea, Sussex, England   [8, 25, 26, 27]
  	5th (Cinque Ports) Royal Sussex Regiment (TA)
  Rank	From 23 Apr 1938 to 31 May 1939  [8]
  	corporal
  Residence	1939	51A Milward Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England   [28, 29, 30]
  	There are no 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 electoral roles. Not living in Milward Road in 1945
  Rank	From 1 Jun 1939 to 28 Apr 1940  [8]
  	colour sergeant
  Embarked	9 Feb 1940	British expeditionary force   [8]
  Theatre of War	From 9 Feb 1940 to 7 Mar 1940	France   [8]
  	Europe
  Embarked	8 Mar 1940	England   [8]
  Embarked	8 Apr 1940	British expeditionary force   [8]
  Theatre of War	From 8 Apr 1940 to 31 May 1940	France   [8, 31]
  	Europe
  Posted	29 Apr 1940	2 I.B.D (Infantry Base Deport), Le Mans, France   [8]
  Rank	From 29 Apr 1940 to 11 Apr 1941  [8, 27]
  	company quartermaster sergeant
  Embarked	1 Jun 1940	Dunkirk, France   [8]
  Transferred	25 Jun 1940	7th Batallion Royal Sussex Regiment, Roussillon Barracks, Chichester, Hampshire, England   [8]
  Transferred	31 Oct 1940	'Y' list   [8]
  	Y list was a recuperation category - usually in hospital or home, but regarded as not able to work properly, usually through injury. Suffered "migraines and sever headaches"
  Discharged (Military)	11 Jan 1941  [8]
  	"Discharged: Para 390 (xvi) K.R's 1940. Permanently unfit for any form of military service". this paragraph applies to "ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements"
  Posted	14 Feb 1941	I.T.C., Greenside, Northumberland, England   [8, 32]
  Residence	29 Jun 1945	158 Dundas Street, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [33]
  Occupation	Between Jul 1945 and 11 Sep 1947  [8]
  	cafe proprietor
  Medal	Aft 1945  [8]
  	War Medal 1939–1945
  Regiment	From 11 Sep 1947 to 11 Jan 1949	Westwood Drill Hall, Margate Road, Ramsgate, Kent, England   [8, 34]
  	489 HAA Regiment Royal Arillery (TA)
  Service No.	From 11 Sep 1947 to 11 Jan 1949  [8]
  	21003959
  Occupation	From 11 Sep 1947 to 11 Jan 1949  [8, 10]
  	Territorial Army soldier
  Residence	11 Sep 1947	190 High Street, Margate, Kent, England   [35]
  Rank	From 1 Oct 1947 to 11 Jan 1949  [8]
  	battalion quartermaster sergeant
  Height	16 Oct 1947  [8]
  	5 ft 5inches
  Occupation	Abt 1948/49	Harwell Atomic Research Establishment, Harwell, Oxfordshire, England   [8]
  	gasfitter
  Discharged (Military)	11 Jan 1949	Q Battery, 489 HAA regiment RA TA   [8]
  	Discharged "at his own request TA regs, 1936, para 204, sub para 3". According to Harold himself in a letter with his army records: "I went to work at Harwell Atomic Research Establishment and being no drill hall to attend I resigned from the TA"
  Occupation	30 Aug 1958  [36]
  	gas employee
  Possessions	Oct 1958  [3, 37]
  	'Certificate' of travel
  Immigration	20 Oct 1958	12 Lacey's Green, Old Couldson, Surrey, England   [3]
  	Age: 49y
  	From Place: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  Residence	1962	42 Dell Road, Biterne Park, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [38]
  Interest	18 Jul 1964	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [39, 40]
  	Masonary
  Residence	14 Sep 1983	Fairford, 7 Glenlea Close, West End, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [8, 41]
  Medal	14 Jan 1984  [42]
  	efficiency medal (TA)
  Residence	4 Oct 1985	7 Cobden Court, Cobden Avenue, Biterne Park, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [43]
  Residence	Abt 1990	8 Roberts Road, Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [44]
  Burial	1997	Max Gate, Burgh Hill, Etchingham, East Sussex, England
  Occupation	28 Jun 1997	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [45]
  	marine fitter (retired)
  Residence	28 Jun 1997	17 Dorval House, Silverdale Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [45]
  Death	28 Jun 1997	Elm Lodge, 6-8 Shirley Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [45]
  	Cause: I(a) Bronhopneumonia,( b) Chronic Obstructive Airways disease. II Cerebrovascular acciden
  	Witness Role: Informant: [I38] John Crichton JENNER [45]
  Person ID	I35	Jennerations
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Jenner, Albert George,   b. 2 Nov 1882, 1 Rose Cottage, Godstone Road, Riddlesdown, Coulsdon, Surrey, England d. 7 Mar 1970, 112 Foxon Lane, Caterham, Surrey, England (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Tomkins, Lilian Ethel,   b. 7 Dec 1886, 3 Ealing Cottages, Strathmore Road, Croydon, Surrey, England d. 2 Apr 1961, Smallfield Hospital, Broadbridge Lane, Smallfield, Near Horley, Surrey, England (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	29 Jan 1906	The Register Office, Croydon, Surrey, England   [46]
  	Witnessed by Ellen Kirk and Mary Jenner
  Photos		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Crichton, Jessie Brown,   b. 5 Nov 1903, 7 Margaret Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1 Feb 1974, Mount Vernon Rest Home, Grove Road, Devonport, New Zealand (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1929	The Register Office, Croydon, Surrey, England   [11, 12]
  	Witness Role: Witness: [I28] Daisy Eleanor JENNER Witness Role: Witness: [I169] Lilian Ethel TOMKINS
  Divorce	Between 12 Mar 1957 and 20 Oct 1958  [3]
  Notes	Witnessed by "L E Jenner" (?) and "E D Fullick" (presumably Daisy Eleanor Jenner). The Registrar's tendancy to change the initials of the witnesses could mean L E Jenner was Ellen Jenner, Harold's Aunt or could be Lilian Ethel Jenner, Harold's grandmother Marriage Status: Divorced
  Children	1. Jenner, Albert James,   b. 20 Mar 1930, 4h Garrison Place, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 25 Jun 2008, Australia (Age 78 years)   2. Jenner, John Crichton,   b. 24 May 1937, Rothsay, 68 Milward Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England d. 18 Jul 2001, Countess Mountbatten House, Moorgreen Hospital, West End, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Willett, Joyce,   b. 12 Sep 1912, Monkton, Kent, England d. 26 Jan 2008, Fairhavens Nursing Home, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1960	Sidcup, Kent, England   [47]
  Family ID	F127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Jun 1909 - 1 Rockfield Villas, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England Census - Age: 1y - 2 Apr 1911 - 4 Atkin Cottages, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England Census - Age: 12y - 19 Jun 1921 - 3 Hill View, Maple Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England Attested - Age: 17y 2m - 17 Aug 1926 - Caterham Valley, Surrey, England Occupation - gas employee,Age: 17y 2m - 17 Aug 1926 - Whyteleafe, Surrey, England Residence - Age: 17y 2m - 17 Aug 1926 - 3 Hill View, Maple Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England Residence - Age: 20y - 7 Sep 1929 - Woodlands, Godstone Road, Kenley, Surrey, England Marriage - 7 Sep 1929 - The Register Office, Croydon, Surrey, England Residence - From 1931 to 1932 - 244 Stafford Road, Caterham, Surrey, England Residence - From 1933 to 1936 - 217 Godstone Road, Warlingham, Surrey, England Residence - From Aug 1936 to 13 Oct 1938 - Rothsay, 68 Milward Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England Occupation - gasfitter - 24 May 1937 - Hastings, East Sussex, England Regiment - 5th (Cinque Ports) Royal Sussex Regiment (TA) - From 8 Apr 1938 to 24 Jun 1940 - Cinque Ports Way, St Leonards on Sea, Sussex, England Residence - 1939 - 51A Milward Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England Embarked - 9 Feb 1940 - British expeditionary force Theatre of War - Europe - From 9 Feb 1940 to 7 Mar 1940 - France Embarked - 8 Mar 1940 - England Embarked - 8 Apr 1940 - British expeditionary force Theatre of War - Europe - From 8 Apr 1940 to 31 May 1940 - France Posted - 29 Apr 1940 - 2 I.B.D (Infantry Base Deport), Le Mans, France Embarked - 1 Jun 1940 - Dunkirk, France Transferred - 25 Jun 1940 - 7th Batallion Royal Sussex Regiment, Roussillon Barracks, Chichester, Hampshire, England Transferred - 31 Oct 1940 - 'Y' list Posted - 14 Feb 1941 - I.T.C., Greenside, Northumberland, England Residence - 29 Jun 1945 - 158 Dundas Street, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland Regiment - 489 HAA Regiment Royal Arillery (TA) - From 11 Sep 1947 to 11 Jan 1949 - Westwood Drill Hall, Margate Road, Ramsgate, Kent, England Residence - 11 Sep 1947 - 190 High Street, Margate, Kent, England Occupation - gasfitter - Abt 1948/49 - Harwell Atomic Research Establishment, Harwell, Oxfordshire, England Discharged (Military) - 11 Jan 1949 - Q Battery, 489 HAA regiment RA TA Immigration - Age: 49y - 20 Oct 1958 - 12 Lacey's Green, Old Couldson, Surrey, England Marriage - 25 Mar 1960 - Sidcup, Kent, England Residence - 1962 - 42 Dell Road, Biterne Park, Southampton, Hampshire, England Interest - Masonary - 18 Jul 1964 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Residence - 14 Sep 1983 - Fairford, 7 Glenlea Close, West End, Southampton, Hampshire, England Residence - 4 Oct 1985 - 7 Cobden Court, Cobden Avenue, Biterne Park, Southampton, Hampshire, England Residence - Abt 1990 - 8 Roberts Road, Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire, England Burial - 1997 - Max Gate, Burgh Hill, Etchingham, East Sussex, England Occupation - marine fitter (retired) - 28 Jun 1997 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Residence - 28 Jun 1997 - 17 Dorval House, Silverdale Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England Death - Cause: I(a) Bronhopneumonia,( b) Chronic Obstructive Airways disease. II Cerebrovascular acciden - 28 Jun 1997 - Elm Lodge, 6-8 Shirley Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		The Jenner family Keywords: archive photograph
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		The Jenner family Keywords: archive photograph
  		Jenner's billiard saloon Greenock (outside) Keywords: archive photograph
  		Jenner Snooker Hall (interior), Glasgow Keywords: archive photograph
  		A0004 Mr Devison in glasses behind Media Date: 30 AUG 1959 Keywords: archive photograph
  		A0004 Media Date: 30 AUG 1959 Keywords: archive photograph
  		69-11 10 Media Date: NOV 1969 Keywords: archive photograph
  		69-11 10 Media Date: NOV 1969 Keywords: archive photograph

  
  

• Notes

  He was in the Royal Sussex Regiment as a terratorial, was called up and spent the war in France. He was evacuated from Dunkirk, was injured and invalided out of the army. [48]

  
  

• Sources

  [S756] Sunday Post - Sunday 21 January 1917. [S78] Birth certificate of Harold James Jenner, 16 June 1909, F0859. [S1068] Immigration document from New Zealand 1958, (The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 1415). [S1802] Document (Loose Record): Military Service Record - Service Records, F0830. [S330] Census 1911 Godstone, Surrey RG14PN3267 RG78PN123 RD38 SD1 ED24 SN57, 2 Apr 1911. [S2085] Census 1921 3 Millview, Maple Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England RG15/03368/179, (RG15/03368/179), 19 Jun 1921. [S1702] Surrey, England, Regimental Rolls and Recruitment Registers, 1914-1947, (Ancestry). [S1802] Document (Loose Record): Military Service Record - Service Records, F0830. (Reliability: 3). [S1844] Family Chart/Group Sheet: Jenner, Charles, F0740. (Reliability: 2). [S1195] Surrey History Centre, 1924-1927 Enlistment Register, Book 6, (Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Regimental Rolls; Reference Number: 7791/1/1/9). [S24] Marriage Certificate for Harold James Jenner and Jessie Brown Crichton, The Register Office, Croydon, Surrey, England, 7 September 1929, (GRO for England), F0860. [S1331] Birth Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland (4 Garrison Place) 20 Mar 1930 Albert James Jenner, (238), F0672. [S755] Surrey Mirror - Friday 25 April 1930. [S1779] News item in Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 22 August 1936. [S1780] News item in Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 24 April 1937. [S1199] CC802/48/2, Surrey Electoral Registers 1931, (Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/48/2). [S1200] Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England, Surrey Electorial Register 1932, (Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/49/2). [S1201] Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England, Surrey Electoral Registers 1933, (Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Electoral Registers; Reference: CC802/50/2). [S412] Electoral Regosters, Surrey (1934). [S413] Electoral Register (1936). [S1805] Electoral Roll: Electoral register for Constituency of Hastings, 15 October 1937 (Reliability: 2). [S1806] Electoral Roll: Electoral register for Constituency of Hastings, 15 October 1938 (Reliability: 2). Milward Avenue 1002 R O Jenner, Harold James -J 68 1003 Rw Dw Jenner, Jessie Brown 68 [S86] Birth certificate of John Crichton Jenner, 24 May 1937, F0862. [S256] Pike's directory 1938, p207 (Reliability: 2). [S1811] Online Archives: Rangers Trainer Killed (Reliability: 2). [S754] Hastings and St Leonards Observer, Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 13 July 1940. [S753] Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 27 July 1940. [S1807] Electoral Roll: Electoral roll for Constituency of Hastings, 15 October 1939 (Reliability: 2). Milward Road 664 R O Jenner, Harold James -J 51 (Basement & Ground Floors) 665 Rw Dw Jenner, Jessie Brown 51 (Basement & Ground Floors) [S1804] City Directory: Pike's Hastings, St Leonards, Bexhill and Battle Directory & Blue Book, January 1940 (Reliability: 2). [S257] City Directory: Kelly's Directory for Hastings 1940, 1940. [S1812] Book: Chapter: DI, Colonel E A C Fazan MC, TD, - Chapter XVIII - Cinque Ports Batallion: The story of the 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment (TA), F0831. (Reliability: 2). [S753] Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 27 July 1940, page 5. [S1708] Administrative Material: Falkirk Council - school admission registers (Reliability: 3). [S1703] Royal Artillery Museum; Salisbury Plain, Larkhill, Wiltshire; Royal Artillery WWII Tracer Cards, Royal Artillery Tracer cards. [S1802] Document (Loose Record): Military Service Record - Service Records, F0830. (Reliability: 2). [S84] Marriage certificate of John Crichton Jenner and Florence Elsie Mary Piper, 30 August 1958, F0863. [S498] Joke certificate for "freeman of the seas" 1958, F0091. [S576] Membership of International camping Association 1962, F0155. Father's adress must have been used by J C Jenner as his residence [S779] Invitation to Masons' ceremony 1964, F0336. [S1302] Flora Jenner, Letter from Flora Jenner to Henry Piper, 30 March 1961, 1.0010. [S2866] Address book by John Jenner. [S1802] Document (Loose Record): Military Service Record - Service Records, F0830. (Reliability: 3). He wrote a letter in 1983 asking to be awarded it [S498] Joke certificate for "freeman of the seas" 1958, F0091. (Reliability: 1). Address is on envelope with the certificate [S1154] Padded envelope. [S1202] Death certificate of Harold James Jenner, 28 June 1997, F0861. [S64] Marriage certificate of Albert George Jenner and Lilian Ethel Tomkins, 29 January 1906, F0856. [S2624] England and Wales Marriage Registration Index. [S4] Jim Jenner, Email from Jim Jenner to Colin Jenner, "mix up", 6 December 2001, 1.0567.