5500007 Private Harry William Jenkin
Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of
operation ‘Market’
Born on: 01 Jan 1920
Died on: 19 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 24
Buried at: No known grave. Commemorated
Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery panel 9.
Rest in Peace Private Jenkin:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Frederick
William and Frances Leah Jenkin; husband of M.E. Jenkin, of Lymington, Hampshire.
Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton;
Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren
Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin
and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom
this website would not have been possible.