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His younger son Conrad Jenkin (1894–1916) died while serving in the Royal Navy during World War I. His elder son
Charles Oswald Frewen Jenkin (1890–1939) was an engineer. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren include
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Materials of Construction used in Aircraft and Aircraft Engines
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945:English railway mechanical engineers
646:"Jenkin, Charles Frewen (1865–1940)"
825:. 1 April 1919. pp. 4224–4226.
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256:University of Oxford
755:"University News".
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