Robert William Jenkerson

An Engineman with H.M. Drifter Datum, Robert died on 26th of October 1916 at the age of 34. 

Robert was born at Lowestoft on 12 August 1882, a son of Robert and Ellen Jenkerson. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, on 1 October 1882. In 1891 his family lived at 12 Stanford Street and this was still the family home in 1901 when Robert was a sailmaker’s apprentice. By 1911 his family were living at 27 Stanford Street and Robert was a stoker on a steam-ship.