The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant B C K Job

Second Lieutenant, Bernard Craig Keble JOB, 3rd Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Ypres, Belgium, 18th April 1915, age 27.

9th June 1887, born Liverpool, only son of the Reverend Frederick William and Emily Frances Job, of Lower Gornal Vicarage, Dudley, Worcestershire.

Educated Radley College

1911 Wales Census - Glyn Ceiriog Nr Ruabon, North Wales - Edward Morris, head, age 47, married, granite quarry, set maker, worker, born Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales; Anne Morris, wife, age 47, married 18 years, no children, born Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales; Bernard Craig Job, boarder, age 23, single, Theological Student, own account, born Liverpool, Lancashire.

1911 Census - St James Vicarage, Lower Gornal, Dudley, Worcestershire - Reverend Frederick William Job, head, age 57, married, Clerk in Holy Orders, born Redtuth, Cornwall; Emily Frances Job, wife, age 50, married 24 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Houghton-le-Spring, Durham; Geraldine Mary Job, daughter, age 22, single, born Liverpool, Lancashire; Mabel Constance Teague, servant, age 35, single, born London, Middlesex; Alice Waldron, servant, age 22, single, born Newchurch, Radnorshire.

Enlisted 4th August 1914, Liverpool into Liverpool Scottish. 1st November 1914, received his Commission; Good Friday 1915, went to the Front with a draft of Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

Writing to his father, Major Robinson, commanding the 1st Battalion, said: "He was shot by a bullet and died almost immediately on the morning of April 18 in the heavy fighting which followed our capture of a portion of the enemy's position called Hill 60, 2½ miles S.E. of Ypres."

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium and at Chirk War Memorial.

London Gazette 31st October 1914.

The under mentioned Cadets and ex Cadets of the Officers Training Corps to be Second Lieutenants, on probation:-

Dated 1st November, 1914. Bernard Craig Keble Job, 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

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