Jenny Turner

Jenny completed her History BA and Modern History MA at the University of Kent between 2014 and 2018. After spending a year working in the heritage sector, she returned to the university in 2020 to begin her PhD.

Mae Jenny yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg a Saesneg. Jenny welcomes correspondence in Welsh and English.

Jenny’s research interests include, broadly, the social and cultural history of modern warfare and commemoration.

Thesis title and description

Commemoration of the Great War in Wales, 1914—1939

Jenny's thesis examines Great War commemoration in Wales from 1914 to 1939. She is particularly interested in the differences in tone between English- and Welsh-language commemoration, and how it reveals differing priorities and narratives even within the same communities.

This work is supervised by Professor Mark Connelly and Dr Stefan Goebel.

Jenny represented the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as an intern during the summer of 2017, and worked in the CWGC archives from 2019 to 2020. She also volunteered with the War Memorials Register at the Imperial War Museum, London, in 2016.