Source: Regimental Rouge
Family Search: When Private Wesley James Jenkins was born on 27 May 1895, in London, Canada West, British North America, his father, William Jenkins, was 35 and his mother, Theresa Hannah Eliza Josephine Brock, was 28. He lived in London, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1915, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as painter in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 22 February 1917, in Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Écoivres, Mont-Saint-Éloi, Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 21, and was buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Écoivres, Mont-Saint-Éloi, Pas-de-Calais, France.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 