Reuben, Isaac

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ISAAC REUBEN 10/1045. Born in June 1892, Isaac was the third of ten children to Julius and Minnie Reuben of 4 St. Stephen’s Square, Hull. Julius and Minnie were Polish immigrants, and the family trade was clothing manufacture; Julius was a Boot Maker and those children old enough, Isaac included, were Tailors. When war came Isaac wasted no time in joining the then fledgling battalion enlisting on 7th September 1914. Like all the Originals, he trained throughout 1915 before shipping for Egypt that December to help defend the Suez Canal from the Turks. The Pals arrived in France in March 1916. Isaac was a veteran of the Somme, Oppy Wood and the German Spring Offensive when he was killed in action on 28th June 1918 during the morning attack on enemy positions around Le Cornet Perdu. Isaac was buried at Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin; he was 26 years old. Tragic as this was for the Reuben family, such is the history of the 20th Century, that losing a son to the war was a small price compared to that they would have faced had they not emigrated and stayed in Poland for another 25 years. Unthinkable.
Issac Reuben is recorded on Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.