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]
Jack Jennings | |
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_portrait.png) Jennings, c. 1940 | |
| Born | 10 March 1919 Old Hill, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 19 January 2024 (aged 104) Torquay, Devon, England |
| Unit | Cambridgeshire Regiment |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
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- ^ "'Death railway' veteran Jack Jennings turns 103 with sing-along". BBC News. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ "Jack Jennings, probably the last Allied prisoner of war to survive the Burma Death Railway – obituary". The Telegraph. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Killelea, Amanda (8 November 2019). "War hero, 100, who was PoW in brutal Japanese camp remembers 15 dying per day". The Mirror. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Death of man thought to be Burma Railway last survivor". Yahoo News. 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ Jack Jennings