In Memory Of
JACOBS, JOHN REGINALD MAURICE
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
1911-11-04
Service No:
26794
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
2nd Bn.
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-10-24
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. C. 17.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
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.
