A Collection of Great War Medals to the Cameron Highlanders

Pair: Second Lieutenant P. G. Jenkins, 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders, killed in action, France, 9 April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. P. G. Jenkins 7th Cameron Highlanders) rank and name correctly impressed, the remainder engraved, extremely fine (2) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Great War Medals to the Cameron Highlanders.

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Patrick Graham Jenkins was born on 29 December 1888, the son of J. G. Jenkins, J.P., of Airedale, Cambuslang, Glasgow. Educated at Glenalmond College, Perthshire, leaving in 1905. Served his apprenticeship as an Engineer with Messrs. G. & J. Weir and Barclay & Co., Ltd, Kilmarnock. After joining the Glenfield Works at Kilmarnock he went to India and was for two years with the Calcutta firm of Balmer, Lawrie & Co. Was the runner-up in Irish Amateur Golf Championship in 1912. Served as a Private in the Calcutta Scottish Volunteers, 7 November 1914-31 March 1916. Returning to Scotland, he became a Cadet with the 9th (Scottish) Cadet Battalion Black Watch, being discharged to a commission in the 4th Reserve Battalion Black Watch in August 1916. As a 2nd Lieutenant with the 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders, he was killed in action in France on 9 April 1917 and was buried in the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais. With copied service papers, m.i.c. and other research.

The above brothers: James Lawrence Christie, Leslie Ritchie Graham and Patrick Graham Jenkins were the sons of James Graham Jenkins and his wife Margaret S. Jenkins (née Wilkinson). James Graham Jenkins, J.P., was the owner of James Jenkins & Son, Glasgow - an iron, steel and iron ore distributor. In addition to the above, he and his wife were parents of Ronald Graham Jenkins, born 17 November 1881; Dorothea Margaret Jenkins (later McKinnon), born 2 August 1885, and Walter Hope Graham Jenkins, born 6 December 1890. The latter served in the Great War as a Captain in the 7th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, serving in Egypt, Palestine and France and as a Major in the Home Guard during the Second World War and Lieutenant-Colonel and Deputy Commandant of the Surrey A.C.F. 1946-50. The family was noted for its prowess at golf, with Dorothea Maragaret winning the Scottish Ladies’ Golf Championship in 1912. With copied family research.