THOMAS STEPHEN JACOBS
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 1886, Bildeston, Suffolk.
Died: 29th April 1918; age 32; died of wounds as a Prisoner of War, in Menin.
E.A.D.T. – Tuesday, 13th August 1918 – Mrs. Rose Jacobs, of 311, Foxhall Road, Ipswich, has received a postcard from her husband, Private Stephen Jacobs, stating he is wounded and a prisoner of war in Germany. Stephen was reported missing in April.
Residence: 311, Foxhall Road, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 35372
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment, 13th Battalion.
Formerly 177367, Royal Engineers.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
XIV.A.10.
Harlebeke New British Cemetery,
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
Brother to HUBERT JOHN JACOBS.
CENSUS
1891 26, Hervey Street, Ipswich.
Stephen was 5 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
John Jacobs, 30, a Grocer – own account, born Bildeston, Suffolk.
Ann Grimwood Jacobs (nee Clay), 28, born Blackfriars, London.
Alice Amelia Jacobs, 8, born Bildeston.
John William Jacobs, 7, born Bildeston.
Beatrice Maud Jacobs, 4, born Bildeston.
Charles Frederick Jacobs, 2, born Bildeston.
Albert Jacobs, 4 months, born Ipswich.
1901 37, White Elm Street, Ipswich.
Stephen was 15 years old, a Carpenter’s Labourer. He was living with his widowed mother & siblings.
Ann, 38, a Laundress.
Alice, 18, a Dressmaker.
William, 17, an Iron driller – Foundry.
Frederick, 12.
Hubert John Jacobs, 1895, born Ipswich.
1911 311, Richmond Terrace, Foxhall Road, Ipswich.
Stephen was 25 years old, a Threshing machine Erector – Engineering Works. He was married and Head of the Household.
Rose, 24.
Dora, 3.
Stephen’s father John Jacobs, died 13th September 1894, Mile End Hospital, Colchester, Essex.
In 1907, Ipswich, Stephen married Rose Ellen Osborne, born 1887, Ipswich.
They had 3 daughters:
Dora Rose Jacobs, born 1908, born Ipswich.
Constance E. Jacobs, born 1912, Ipswich.
Edna A. Jacobs, born 1916, Ipswich.
Thomas is also remembered on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.
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