BORN HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM JACOBS (1848-1887) AND MARIA HERON (1850-1929) OF 143 MERSEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN.
HE MARRIED ADA BLAKELEY (BORN 28 DEC 1883). THEY LIVED WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, AT 12 EARLES ROW, WILMINGTON, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A GREASER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE EARLES CEMENT WORKS, HULL, WHERE HE HAD BEEN FOR ELEVEN YEARS WHEN WAR BEGAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 27644, PRINCE OF WALES OWN (WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT). KILLED IN ACTION, AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 09/10/1917, AGED 33. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 26/11/1917. *
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ADA. SHE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 28/9 SHILLINGS. SHE LATER MOVED TO WAKEFIELD.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S WILMINGTON ROLL OF HONOUR, SUTTON.
