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Captain JOHN JACOBS

Service Number: 26794
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1942

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

III. C. 17.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Reginald S. and Irma Jacobs, of Denton, Northamptonshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THAT HE SHOULD LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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