Jack Jennings (veteran)

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
Jennings, c. 1940
Born	(1919-03-10)10 March 1919 Old Hill, Staffordshire, England
Died	19 January 2024(2024-01-19) (aged 104) Torquay, Devon, England
Unit	Cambridgeshire Regiment
Battles / wars	World War II

See also

• List of last survivors of historical events

References

1. "Death of man thought to be Burma Railway last survivor". BBC News. 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
2. "'Death railway' veteran Jack Jennings turns 103 with sing-along". BBC News. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
3. "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.
4. 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.
5. "Death of man thought to be Burma Railway last survivor". Yahoo News. 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
6. Jack Jennings