Jack Green (GRE9125)

Basic Information

Unique reference:

GRE9125

Other first name:

Zelick

Gender:

Male

Birth

Date of birth:

1892

Place of birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Death

Date of death:

26 Av 5727 (01 September 1967)

Died in combat?:

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Jack with a cigarette
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Jack at the cricket, front centre

Places

Addresses

12 St Kevins Parade Dublin, Ireland (1901)

4 Walworth Road Dublin, Ireland (1911)

67 Dunsmure Road London (1921)

77 Commercial Street London (1923)

Other Organisations

Name:

St John Ambulance

Name:

The British Red Cross

Name:

Jewish Lads' Brigade

Significance:

Medical Doctor

Jack in JLB uniform at JLB camp in the 1930s

Synagogues

Name:

Duke's Place Synagogue

Jack and Lily at their wedding at Duke's Place Synagogue

"The General"

A few years older than my father, "The General" had joined St John's Ambulance Brigade in 1917, in time to go to France and be in attendance at the Battle of Mons. On leave in Dublin, he was walking with my father and other friends by St Stephen's Green with the ribbon of the Mons Medal on his uniform. Two boy scouts, walking by, straightened up and saluted him. "Ah, the General," my father ad his friends immediately quipped. He was never again called anything else. Even his own children called him "The Gen." There were times in his speech when my father never made it to the punch-line, his infectious laughter having intervened. Afterwards, the entire Irish-Jewish medical mafia pummeled my arm and declared, "Ah, wasn't your old man grand"

Jewish Lads' Brigade

Jack was the medical doctor at JLB camps up until the Second World War. His son Geoffrey used to go with him and sleep in his tent.

Family

Spouse

Lily Oldschool (female)

Children

Geoffrey Green (male)

Siblings

Harris Green (male)

Isaac Green (male)

Solomon Green (male)

Bernard Green (male)

Esther Green (female)

Nathan Green (male)

Fanny Green (female)

Parents

Father: Jacob Green (male)

Mother: Sarah Sherskevsky (female)

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Jack and Lily 1967
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Jack with relatives, 1954

Military Record

Military service:

Medical

Military record no.:

1416

Date enlisted/conscripted:

22 October 1914

Rank at discharge/death:

Dispenser

Assignments

Regiment:

The British Red Cross

Posting:

Baltic Hospital, Calcus

Medals:

Mons Star
Victory Medal
British War Medal

Regiment:

St John Ambulance Brigade

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Military card
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Jack's red cross card

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