War Memorial - Staple Hill, Bristol, England

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War Memorial - Staple Hill, Bristol, England

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P. G. Alexander

The New Zealand Free Lance, Wellington, 4 August 1916
News has been received of the death of the Rev. P. G. Alexander, chaplain of H.M.S. Hampshire and brother of Mr. E. D. Alexander, of the Wellington Harbour Board staff, and Mr. A. M. Alexander of Lower Hutt. Interesting to note that the Rev. Alexander arrived in Wellington with his parents by the Ionic in 1892. He spent seven years in Newton, afterwards in 1899. He took his degree at St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1908, and went to Bristol the same year when he was ordained. He served his deaconate at Christ Church, Barton Hill, being ordained priest in 1909. He remained at Barton Hill until 1910. In 1912 he took up a chaplaincy on H.M.S. Blenheim, from which he was transferred to H.M.S. Falmouth and afterwards to H.M.S. Hampshire, on which he lost his life. At Christ Church a short memorial service for the late Lord Kitchener, the late Rev. P. G. Alexander, and the men who perished in the North Sea was conducted by the Rev. D. Marcus Brown (vicar). At the opening of the service, the choir proceeded up the centre isle followed by the 28th Bristol and 76th Bristol Boy Scouts. At the side of the chancel was hung a laurel wreath bearing the inscription "Jutland", and through this was placed the Union Jack in black streamers, the flag being the original colours borne by the scouts when late Mr. Alexander was in charge of the Bristol East Division, in which he displayed much interest.

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Kenneth Jenner

Kenneth Jenner and his brother Arthur Jenner.

Kenneth (aka Ken) (born 25 Feb 1924, died 26 Oct 1944) was the son of Frederick Thomas Jenner and Lillian Maud Jenner, nee England.
He was discharged from the Royal Marines on the 26th November 1943 on the grounds that he was "Physically unfit for Royal Marine Service". He was hit in the shoulder by a sniper while on active duty and was then sent back to England to recover in hospital where he contracted TB and a year late, on 26th October 1944, died of TB. He is mentioned on the war memorial in Page Park, Staple Hill, Bristol.

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John Allan Kidd

Flight Lieutenant
John Allan Kidd
Pilot
Royal Air Force
19^th July 1944, age 20
Flt. Lt. Kidd was the son of Roland Arthur and Olwen Mary Kidd from Bristol.
He was a crew member of a Halifax of the 138 Sqdn. Bomber Command what collided with an American Liberator Bomber and crashed at Marigny-l'Eglise. The whole crew died and was buried in the communal cemetery of Marigny-l'Eglise, France.
With him died:
Sgt. Grayham Bancroft, Pilot Officer Cyril Frederick Thomas Miles, Sgt. James Revill Moody, Flt. Sgt. Bernard Stroud, Sgt. Charlie Taylor, Flying Officer Kenneth RobertsonUrquhart.

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P. G. Alexander
The New Zealand Free Lance, Wellington, 4 August 1916 News has been received of the death of the Rev. P. G. Alexander, chaplain of H.M.S. Hampshire and brother of Mr. E. D. Alexander, of the Wellington Harbour Board staff, and Mr. A. M. Alexander of Lower Hutt. Interesting to note that the Rev. Alexander arrived in Wellington with his parents by the Ionic in 1892. He spent seven years in Newton, afterwards in 1899. He took his degree at St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1908, and went to Bristol the same year when he was ordained. He served his deaconate at Christ Church, Barton Hill, being ordained priest in 1909. He remained at Barton Hill until 1910. In 1912 he took up a chaplaincy on H.M.S. Blenheim, from which he was transferred to H.M.S. Falmouth and afterwards to H.M.S. Hampshire, on which he lost his life. At Christ Church a short memorial service for the late Lord Kitchener, the late Rev. P. G. Alexander, and the men who perished in the North Sea was conducted by the Rev. D. Marcus Brown (vicar). At the opening of the service, the choir proceeded up the centre isle followed by the 28th Bristol and 76th Bristol Boy Scouts. At the side of the chancel was hung a laurel wreath bearing the inscription "Jutland", and through this was placed the Union Jack in black streamers, the flag being the original colours borne by the scouts when late Mr. Alexander was in charge of the Bristol East Division, in which he displayed much interest.
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Kenneth Jenner
	Kenneth Jenner and his brother Arthur Jenner.
Kenneth (aka Ken) (born 25 Feb 1924, died 26 Oct 1944) was the son of Frederick Thomas Jenner and Lillian Maud Jenner, nee England. He was discharged from the Royal Marines on the 26th November 1943 on the grounds that he was "Physically unfit for Royal Marine Service". He was hit in the shoulder by a sniper while on active duty and was then sent back to England to recover in hospital where he contracted TB and a year late, on 26th October 1944, died of TB. He is mentioned on the war memorial in Page Park, Staple Hill, Bristol.
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John Allan Kidd
	Flight Lieutenant John Allan Kidd Pilot Royal Air Force 19^th July 1944, age 20 Flt. Lt. Kidd was the son of Roland Arthur and Olwen Mary Kidd from Bristol. He was a crew member of a Halifax of the 138 Sqdn. Bomber Command what collided with an American Liberator Bomber and crashed at Marigny-l'Eglise. The whole crew died and was buried in the communal cemetery of Marigny-l'Eglise, France. With him died: Sgt. Grayham Bancroft, Pilot Officer Cyril Frederick Thomas Miles, Sgt. James Revill Moody, Flt. Sgt. Bernard Stroud, Sgt. Charlie Taylor, Flying Officer Kenneth RobertsonUrquhart.
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