Basic Details
Surname
Jacob
Forenames
Ansell Thomas
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Service number
408120
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 233 Dogsthorpe Road.

(CWGC records that Private Ansell Thomas Jacob, regimental number 408120, died aged 29 on 29/4/1917 serving in 26th Battalion Canadian Infantry, and is commemorated on Vimy Memorial. They record him as the son of Thomas and Adelaide Jacob of 233 Dogsthorpe Road, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Canadian Army
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
26th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Commonwealth Armed Forces
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Hussars)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
near Vimy
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
near Vimy
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
29
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action in "Newbrunswick Trench (Vimy Sector) and buried near Vimy"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
233, DOGSTHORPE RD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial