Service Details
Name:
 JACOBS
Given Name:
 JOHN REGINALD MAURICE
Initials:
 J R M
Service No:
 26794
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-24
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Date of Birth:
 1911-11-04
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during attack of second battle of Alamein. The ILH advance continued behind a terrific barrage and the enemy wire was found already blown by shell-fire. Until the last 600 yds of their advance, the battalion met little opposition, but then after they had made their way through an anti-personnel minefield and Capt Jacobs' company was consolidating, he and a small detachment went forward to reconnoitre. While under enemy mortar and anti-tank fire, Capt. Jacobs was shot and killed by rifle fire from a German anti-tank position not 20 yds away from him.
Additional
Information:
Son of Reginald Samuel and Irma Jacobs, of Denton Nurseries, Denton, Northamptonshire, England. An Insurance Agent for "Africa Life Insurance" in Johannesburg. He was unmarried. ***Jewish.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. C. 17.

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