Jack Jennings | |
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Born | Old Hill, Staffordshire, England | 10 March 1919
Died | 19 January 2024 Torquay, Devon, England | (aged 104)
Unit | Cambridgeshire Regiment |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Jack Jennings (10 March 1919 – 19 January 2024) was an English World War II survivor. Jennings was among 60,000 Allied prisoners forced by the Japanese to build a railway between Thailand and Myanmar from 1942 to 1943.[1][2] Jennings was born in Old Hill, Staffordshire on 10 March 1919.[3][4] He died at a care home in Torquay on 19 January 2024, at the age of 104, and was thought to be the last survivor forced to build the Burma Railway.[1][5][6]