Letter to 2nd Lieutenant Jenkins
A letter to 2nd Lieutenant Richard Owen Jenkins from Albert Buckley, Commanding Officer 5th Battalion, dated 25 September 1917. The writer was not aware that Jenkins had died from wounds 4 days previously. The letter is handwritten on two sheets of squared paper and is displayed with the envelope. 2nd Lieutenant Jenkins, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment, was awarded the Military Cross for his actions on 20 September 1917. He died the next day from wounds received in those actions. He was 25.
