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WW2 Casualties

BASIL ARCHIBALD JACOMB

Born in Jamaica, c.1922. Son of Archibald Wilson and Ellen Louisa Jacomb. Second Lieutenant 292707 in the Devonshire Regiment. Also served in the North Staffordshire Regiment, attd. 2nd Battalion. Died 19th February 1944, Italy, aged 22. Buried grave IV, N, 4. Anzio War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy.

HERBERT WALES JACOMB

Son of Charles Ernest and Dorothy Jacomb. Lieutenant 72109 in 1 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 23rd May 1940, aged 25. Buried grave I. B. 20. Bruyelle War Cemetery, Belgium.

JOHN PUGH JACOMB

Son of Eliza Mary Jacomb. Stoker 1st Class C/KX 97887 on H.M.S. Corncrake, Royal Navy. Died 25th January 1943, aged 21. Listed under ref. 72, 2. on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, England.

WILLIAM HORACE LEA JACOMB

Son of Frederick Bernard and Mary E. G. Jacomb. Captain P/67239 in 19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 25th April 1940, aged 24. Buried grave 43 Christ Church Churchyard, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, England.

JOHN KENNEDY JACOMB-HOOD

Son of Reverend Francis Edward Shaw and Margaret Irene Jacomb-Hood. Captain EC/2258 in 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment), 3rd Battalion. Died 29th May 1944, aged 24. Buried grave 1. F. 16. Imphal War Cemetery, Manipur State, India.

The summaries above were compiled by Matthew Jacomb from the following records: Commonwealth War Graves Commission "Debt of Honour Register"; Devereux, J. & Sacker, G., Roll of Honour, Land Forces, World War 2 (Vol 2) (Cheltenham: Promenade Publications, 2000) and resources on Jacomb.com. Jacomb.com asserts no claim over the accuracy or completeness of these summaries or the records from which they have been prepared.