BORN HULL 1894. SON OF PETER JACOBSON AND CECILIA MONKMAN (1861-1924), AT 3 JOELS AVENUE, HOTHAM STREET, HULL. HE HAD A BROTHER, GEORGE AND TWO SISTERS, CECILIA AND FLORENCE. A GENERAL LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 21/05/1915. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 96204, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 24/11/1916, AGED 22.
HIS BROTHER, GEORGE EDWARD JACOBSON, SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, DIED ON 15/02/1918, AGED 31, AND IS BURIED IN HULL.
HIS WIDOWED MOTHER HAD LOST HER ONLY TWO SONS IN THE WAR.
First name:
ROBERT
Military Number:
96204
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
24/11/1916
Place died:
Avesnes-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
3 JOELS AVENUE, HOTHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
