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Private Frederick Leo Jennings

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Private Frederick Leo Jennings

Birth
Stouffville, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
9 Apr 1917 (aged 24)
Burial
Thelus, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
I. C. 24.
Memorial ID
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Private Frederick Leo Jennings was born in Stouffville in 1892 and served with the 3rd Battalion Canadian Infantry.
He was killed in action on April 9, 1917 during the attack on Farbus Wood, a side battle taking place at the same time to capture the woods and secure Arras about four kilometres south of Vimy Ridge.

The five-foot-10-inch baggage man with blue eyes enlisted in December 1915 in Toronto — 18 months after his marriage to Lillian Fern Jennings.
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Service No: 766406
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 3rd Bn.

Son of Jacob Jennings and his wife Mary Ann Vogue, of Stouffville, Ontario; husband of Fern Saunders Pearson (formerly Jennings), of 160, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario.

A family memorial is located in Fred's hometown of Stouffville, Ontario Cenotaph Stouffville Cemetery
Private Frederick Leo Jennings was born in Stouffville in 1892 and served with the 3rd Battalion Canadian Infantry.
He was killed in action on April 9, 1917 during the attack on Farbus Wood, a side battle taking place at the same time to capture the woods and secure Arras about four kilometres south of Vimy Ridge.

The five-foot-10-inch baggage man with blue eyes enlisted in December 1915 in Toronto — 18 months after his marriage to Lillian Fern Jennings.
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Service No: 766406
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 3rd Bn.

Son of Jacob Jennings and his wife Mary Ann Vogue, of Stouffville, Ontario; husband of Fern Saunders Pearson (formerly Jennings), of 160, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario.

A family memorial is located in Fred's hometown of Stouffville, Ontario Cenotaph Stouffville Cemetery


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