Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Nathaniel JACOBS 1883-1917 Cinderford

Nathaniel JACOBS 1883-1917 Cinderford (reply)

slowhands — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:08:52 +0000

"With heartfelt sorrow and the most kindly feelings of
tender sympathy the inhabitants of Cinderford and of the
Forest generally will hear of the death of No 4024 Pte.
Nathaniel Jacobs, son of Mr E Jacobs, Belle Vue Road,
Cinderford. Only a few weeks ago he was home on leave
and his many friends were hoping for him the best of
good fortune when he returned to the duty in the discharge
of which he has nobly laid down his life. He enlisted
at the beginning of the conflict and it will be remembered
that he had been wounded and afterwards came home for some
period. The news of his death, which was, happily instantaneous,
was conveyed this week in a very kind letter by the Rev. G. M.
Evans a chaplain at the Front, who sends to the bereaved
father and other relatives the sincerest sympathy of the
commanding officier, company officers, and all. The official
notice has now arrived from the War Office. Pte. Jacobs was
attached to the Worcesters."

Nathaniel JACOBS 1883-1917 Cinderford (reply)

slowhands — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:09:00 +0000

Name: Nathaniel Jacobs
Year of Registration: 1883
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 229

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=129#p3198

Name: JACOBS, NATHANIEL
Initials: N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Worcestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 3rd Bn.
Date of Death: 02/08/1917
Service No: 40241

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 34.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Elijah JACOBS of Cinderford

David Jacobs — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:38:02 +0000

I was directed to the website by my fathers cousin June Miller.
Her grandfather and my great grandafther were brothers.
For the past 35 years I have been undertaking research in to the history of the Jacobs Family.
In 1975 I visited Cinderford and have a black and white photograph of the exterior of the shop.
In 1929 the Jacobs Family house in Belle Vue Road Cinderford was sold to the Rural District of East Dean and United Parishes and I visited the Council offices which were accommodated in the house and from where I acquired a copy of the conveyancing document.
Lastly the name of Elijah's son Nathan is inscribed on the war memorial in the main square in Cinderford.
The British Jewry Book of Honour page 99 records that Private N Jacobs 40241 of the 3rd Worcestershire Regiment was killed on 2/08/1917 and his address is given as Belle Vue Road Cinderford Gloster. His name also appears on the war memorial at the Menim Gate in Ypres Belgium.