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www.fallenheroes.co.uk
In Memory of
O A Jenner
Company Quartermaster Serjeant
273124
3rd Reserve Bn,. Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regt.)
who died on
Friday, 25th May 1917. Age 26.
Additional Information : Only son of Mrs Elizabeth Catherine Jenner, of 32, Redpath Avenue, Tornonto,
Ontario
Commemorative Information
Cemetery : SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY, Kent, United Kingdom (CWGC)
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Oron Alfred Jenner's
war medal
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Oron Alfred Jenner embarked from Halifax on the 18th of April 1917
He disembarked from the S.S. Scandinavian at Liverpool on the 29th of April
On April 30th he was stationed with the 3rd Canadian Reserve Bn. at Sandling, Folkestone, Kent
On the 25th of May 1917 there was a daylight air raid on Folkestone carried out by 23 German Gothas
95 people were killed and 195 injured
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A plaque in Folkestone town centre recording civilian casualties of the air raid
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