Arthur Lewis Jenkins
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Arthur Lewis Jenkins was a British soldier, pilot and one of the original war poets.
Arthur Lewis Jenkins
Grave of Arthur Lewis Jenkins in Richmond Cemetery.
Forlorn Adventurers by A L Jenkins, cover
Richmond Cemetery
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Richmond Cemetery is a cemetery on Lower Grove Road in Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. It opened in 1786 on a plot of land granted by an Act of Parliament the previous
Arthur Lewis Jenkins
…something strange and sweet, The afterglow of old renown. He had a military funeral with the band of the East Surrey Regiment playing, and is buried in Richmond Cemetery next to his sister, Elinor May Jenkins (1893–1920), who was also a war poet. The inscription on his grave is "Per ardua ad astra". He is commemorated…
War graves and the South African War Memorial in Richmond Cemetery
The Bromhead Memorial
Lutyens' South African Memorial among the war graves
George Osborn's grave