BORN HULL 1896. FOURTH SON OF ERASMUS NEILS JACOBSON (1856-1920) & ELLEN CATHERINE (KATE) JACOBSON (1858-1924), OF 10, KEW ROW, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL AND 144, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) . ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SON OF A DANISH DEEP SEA FISHERMAN. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A FISH WORKER.
HE ENLISTED AT FLEETWOOD, LANCS. SERVED IN THE 6TH LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. DIED IN IRAQ, ON 04/09/1916, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELLEN CATHERINE JACOBSON.
COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
HAROLD JESPER
Military Number:
21535
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/09/1916
Place died:
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq
Age:
20
10, KEW ROW, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
