Lancelot Shadwell Jennings
Born 16 Mar 1888 - Died 15 Sept 1916
- Service number
- WWI 8/2502 AWMM
- Also known as
- Lancelot Shadwill Jennings AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Captain/Military AWMM Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Lancelot Shadwell AWMM
- Surname
- Jennings AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Lancelot Shadwill Jennings AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 8/2502 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 16 Mar 1888 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Waitaki High School, Oamaru, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs L. Jennings (wife), care of A.R. Ryder, John Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 8/2502 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
Citation for Mentioned in Despatches (MID): "Flers - September 1916. This Officer displayed great bravery and devotion to duty when in command of his Company during the above operations until killed in action. During the six months before his death he continually showed initiative and daring when in the line east of Armentieres, and his good work continually being brought to my notice." (London Gazette, 1 June 1917, p. 5429, Rec. No. 641) AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM School Master/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 27 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Lancelot Jennings was the son of Charles William Jennings and Agnes Lavinia Jennings (nee Grace), husband of Bella Jennings (nee Cross).
Gained Lieutenant's commission on 18 May 1915 (Studholme 1928).
Promoted to Captain on 1 March 1916 (Studholme 1928).
"Our former Science Master, joined the 6th Reinforcements as a subaltern in the Otago Regiment, serving through part of the Gallipoli campaign. Educated at Nelson and Canterbury Coleges [sic], his career as a student was a brilliant one. After taking his degree, he temporarily held the professorship of biology till the close of 1912, when he came to this School only to prove still further his scientific ability and enthusiasm. He had very decided views on the use and possibilities of science as a school subject, leaving valuable suggestions behind for which those who worked with him will ever be grateful. By the majority he will be remembered as a most excellent tennis player. For five years in succession he won the Sales championship, and in 1913 played in the final for the N.Z. championship. Soon after he arrived in France he was gazetted Captain, and the news of his death in action caused very sincere regret." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School])
Member of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
Science Master at Waitaki Boy's High School, Oamaru. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 15 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
- 28Public - Terry - Researcher - 9 March 2017 - Military Personnel File
- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM 2.C.2. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
- Remembered on the Roll of Honour at Waitaki BHS and in the Scriptorium at Nelson CollegePublic - Peter - Researcher - 29 April 2018 - on site and on-line
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Waitaki Boys' High School Roll of Honour WWI 1914-1918 AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18053357
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880252
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/2945873/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2945873
Further Reference - New Zealand Institute. Roll of Honour Showing Members of The Institute Who Were on Active Service During The War. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 53, 1921, Unnumbered Page
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1921-53.2.6
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- Studholme, J. (1928). New Zealand Expeditionary Force record of personal services during the war of officers, nurses, and first-class warrant officers, and other facts relating to the N.Z.E.F. : unofficial but based on official records. Wellington, N.Z.: Government Printer.
- Information kindly provided by family
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 368 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
- McDonald, K. C. (1958). A history of Waitaki Boys’ High School, 1883-1958. Christchurch [N.Z.] : Whitcombe and Tombs.
- The Magazine Of The Sixth Reinforcements NZEF : published at sea on 28th August & 11th September, 1915
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