Oscar Jacob Charles Kohnstamm "Jacob"
Born:
6 Adar 5658 (28 February 1898)
Died:
28 Sivan 5676 (29 June 1916)
Basic Information
Birth
Date of birth:
6 Adar 5658 (28 February 1898)
Death
Date of death:
28 Sivan 5676 (29 June 1916)
Cause of death:
Killed in Action
Burial place:
Carnoy Military Cemetery
Places
Addresses
Family Home:
41 Frognal Road
Schools
Other Organisations
Name:
Inns of Court O.T.C.
Synagogues
Name:
West London Synagogue
Westminster School and the First World War
Jacob seems to have got himself into trouble on a fairly regular basis. He was tanned “for ragging and breaking a window in Hall”, and again for “being out of bed at the Half”. He managed to get his younger brother Geoffrey in trouble too — they were both punished “for being out of his place for prep.”
Jacob was a member of the Junior football team and “would make a very useful forward if he had any pace. At present he is included to wander round the ball, instead of making for the opposing goal.”
(http://firstworldwar.westminster.org.uk/?p=892)
Family
Siblings
Geoffrey Lawrence Samuel Kohnstamm (male)
Nancy Ida Catherine Kohnstamm (female)
Phoebe Pauline Helen Kohnstamm (female)
Parents
Father: Rudolph Kohnstamm (male)
Military Record
Date enlisted/conscripted:
1914
Date discharged/death:
29 June 1916
Rank at discharge/death:
Second Lieutenant
Assignments
Regiment:
North Staffordshire Regiment
Regiment:
Machine Gun Corp
1 of 2
Register of effects
2 of 2
Medal card
1 of 2
Register of effects
2 of 2
Medal card
Roll of Honour
J. KOHNSTAMM, 29 June 1916
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Date of Death:
29 June 1916
Regiment / service:
North Staffordshire Regiment, 4th Bn.
Cemetery:
Carnoy Military Cemetery, France
Personal inscription:
NOBLE OF HEART SELFLESS WITHOUT FEAR HE GAVE HIS SWEET YOUNG LIFE
