Notes
His name was added to the memorial in 2025. The College website (see References) states 'Born in what was at the time Staffordshire, the son of a Swiss watchmaker and importer, Jacot was commissioned in August 1914 into 14th Warwickshire Regiment, interrupting his plans to join the College that autumn. He went to France in 1915, where he was twice wounded: once at High Wood on the Somme, and again shortly before the Armistice.
He entered the College as a Commoner in 1919, taking the shortened honours course in English Literature, and rowed, played rugby, and wrote and published satirical verse. He later studied at the Slade School of Art, and in 1924 worked closely with Charles Sergeant Jagger as a studio assistant. Jacot’s tasks included preparing initial models for reliefs and sketching equipment at the Imperial War Museum for Jagger’s Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park. In 1925 was awarded a sculpture scholarship in Rome.
The College, and his College friends, including the poet Edmund Blunden, remained in contact with him, as the letters displayed here show. Despite the Entrance Book’s note on his excellent health, Jacot continued to suffer from his wounds, and died in Switzerland in 1928.'