C.B.E. WW1 Medal Group awarded to Col Archibald Offley Jenney, Royal Scots C.B.E. WW1 Medal Group awarded to Col Archibald Offley Jenney, Royal Scots C.B.E. WW1 Medal Group awarded to Col Archibald Offley Jenney, Royal Scots

C.B.E. WW1 Medal Group awarded to Col Archibald Offley Jenney, Royal Scots

The CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Military Division
1914-15 Star ( Lt Col A.O. Jenney); British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-1919 with M.I.D. Oak Leaf ( Col A. O. Jenney )Colonel Jenney was attached to the Cameronians and served in India during the 1914-18 War he went to France with the Royal Scots and was awarded the C,B,
Archibald Offley Jenney was born on 7 May 1864, in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Arthur Henry Jenney, was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Geraldine Ferrand, was 29. He married Doreen Mary Townshend on 24 April 1907, in Newbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Kintbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Ross, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. In 1939, at the age of 75, his occupation is listed as retired army officer in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 7 December 1946, in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 82.
Gazette issue 31435. Mentioned in Despatches. Despatch received from Field-Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, K.T., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E., Commander-in-Chief, the British Armies in France. I have the honour to submit the name of this person, who served under my command during the period 16th September, 1918, to 15th March, 1919, whose distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty I consider deserving of special mention.

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