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Sapper ERNEST EDWARD JACOBS

Service Number: 148462
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

178th Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

Sp. Mem. 32.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jacobs, of 488, Lime Walk, Highfield, New Headington, Oxford.
  • Personal Inscription GONE FROM SIGHT BUT TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5572
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