BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ROBERT SOUTHWICK JENNISON & SARAH ANN COWLEY, OF 10 ADA’S TERRACE, SUTTON STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL & ALDBOROUGH. HE LIVED AT 83 COLTMAN STREET WITH HIS PARENTS AND MARRIED SISTER (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A FISH SALESMAN AND STEWARD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/09/1914, AGED 20 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS. EX 1023 12TH EYR. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 136 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST, DARK BROWN EYES AND HAIR, FAIR COMPLEXION. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 12/06/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 92ND MACHINE GUN COMPANY, ON 29/11/1916. REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED IN ACTION ON 03/05/1917, AGED 24. HE HAD SERVED 2 YEARS AND 235 DAYS. A WATCH WAS RECOVERED FROM HIS BODY, BUT HIS WIDOWED MOTHER WAS TOO ILL TO RECIEVE IT. SHE REQUESTED THAT IT WAS SENT TO HIS SISTER MRES SELINA RILEY, 7 CADOGAN TERRACE, CADOGAN STREET, BOULEVARD, HULL.
BURIED: Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Jennison, Richard Cowley
First name:
RICHARD COWLEY
Military Number:
70345
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
