Trevor Jacobs
Died:
12 Shevat 5677 (04 February 1917)
Basic Information
Birth
Death
Date of death:
12 Shevat 5677 (04 February 1917)
Cause of death:
Killed in Action
Burial place:
Queen's Cemetery, Bocquoy
Places
Addresses
His home:
32 Goldhurst Terrace, London (1911)
Synagogues
Memorial to him and his brother Daryl
Memorial to him and his brother Daryl
Letters home: The Somme
“I never saw anything so tragic,” he wrote as he marched back over the battlefield to Englebelmer. “It was a shambles, any amount of our brave fellows being all round in shell holes and with terrible wounds – some of them with half a head blown off, others without legs and arms, and others with numerous bullet wounds.”
Trevor's Company entered the battle of the Somme with 150 men, and returned with only 80 left.
Photograph: Letter to his brother, 19 November 1916
"When we got back to Englebelmer, we were cinematographed. I am marching alone as the second in command of my Coy but I suppose my steel helmet and unshaven appearance will make me hard to recognise."
Family
Spouse
Children
Siblings
Parents
Father: Maurice Jacobs (male)
Mother: Hannah Jacobs (female)
Military Record
Date discharged/death:
04 February 1917
Rank at discharge/death:
Sub-Lieutenant
Assignments
Regiment:
Queen's Westminster Rifles
Regiment:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Battalion/unit:
Royal Naval Division: 'Hood' Battalion
Trevor is thought to be the soldier looking at the camera, as described in his letter to his brother
© IWM FLM 2369
Trevor is thought to be the soldier looking at the camera, as described in his letter to his brother
© IWM FLM 2369
Roll of Honour
T. JACOBS, 04 February 1917
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Date of Death:
04 February 1917
Regiment / service:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Hood Bn. R.N. Div.
Cemetery:
Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, France
Grave reference:
I. J. 14.
Personal inscription:
THERE IS A GLORY THAT MAY NEVER DIE
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