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Surname: GREEN
Forename(s): Jacob Carradice
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 18087
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1917-05-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. B. 44.
CWGC Cemetery: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Jacob Carradice Green was the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Green, née Carradice. Jeremiah was born at Silsden and Elizabeth at Hellifield, Yorkshire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 10, Greenfield View - Jacob C. Green, aged 7 years, born Skipton, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Green.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 10, Greenfield Street - Jacob Carradice Green, aged 17 years, born Skipton, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Green.
The British Army Service Record for Jacob Carradice Green exists but may be incomplete.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
GREEN, J.C. aged 23, West Riding Regiment, son of Mrs. Green, 10, Greenfield Street, Skipton, died of wounds May 29, 1917.
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Private Jacob Carradice GREEN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
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08 June 1917
GREEN – May 29th 1917, in the 3rd Canadian General Hospital at Boulogne, from wounds received in action on the Western Front, Private Jacob Carradice Green, West Riding Regiment, one of the six soldier sons of Mrs. Green, 10, Greenfield Street, Skipton, aged 23 years.
08 June 1917
SKIPTON'S ROLL OF HONOUR – PRIVATE JACOB CARRADICE GREEN: A Strange Presentiment
We regret to say that Private Jacob Carradice Green, West Riding Regiment, one of the six soldier sons of Mrs. Green, 10, Greenfield Street, Broughton Road, Skipton, died on May 29th in the 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, from gunshot wounds in the left thigh.
In a letter to Mrs. Green, Major A.L. Burch, a chaplain, states:– “I exceedingly regret to have to write that your son died here today (May 29th) at 6 o’clock. He will be buried with military honours on the 31st in the military cemetery at Boulogne.”
After an operation on May 28th, Pte. Green wrote home to the effect that he was going on as well as could be expected. “I got wounded on Sunday night,” he added, “with a machine gun bullet and arrived at the hospital on Tuesday morning. I went under X-rays and the operation on Wednesday. They managed to get the bullet, which had entered the left thigh and gone into the hipbone. It seems strange, but I told my mates two months ago that there was a ‘Blighty’ waiting for me sometime in May.”
Twenty-three years of age, Pte. Green enlisted in January 1916, and had been in France since last July. In civil life he was a carter in the employ of Mr. T. Duckett, contractor, Skipton, and at one time was a playing member of the Niffany Rovers Football Club.
Five other sons of Mrs. Green are serving in the Forces – Private John Thos. Green, Sergeant Albert Edward Green (both with the West Ridings), Pte. James Green (Tyneside Scottish), Driver William Henry Green (R.F.A.), all of whom are in France, and Lance-Corporal Fred Green (Training Reserve Battalion), at present in England. Pte. James Green was wounded in the early part of the year in the back, thigh, and leg, but he is now back in the trenches
30 May 1919
GREEN – In loving memory of Private Jacob Carradice Green, 10th Duke of Wellington’s, who died of wounds, May 29th, 1917.
His heart was good, his spirit brave,
His resting place a soldier’s grave;
A loving son and brother kind,
A beautiful memory left behind.
From Mother, Brothers and Sisters, 10 Greenfield Street, Skipton.
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08 June 1917
GREEN – Died of wounds May 29th, Pte. J. C. Green, of the West Riding Regiment, son of Mrs. Green, of 10, Greenfield Street, Skipton, aged 23.
08 June 1917
SKI PTON SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS
News has been received that Private Jacob Carradice Green, of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, son of Mrs. J. Green, of 10, Greenfield Street, Skipton, died in the 3rd Canadian General
Hospital, Rouen, on May,29th, from gun-shot wounds in the left thigh.
In a letter to his parents, Major A. L Burch, a chaplain to the forces, states:– “I exceedingly regret to have to write that your son died here today at 6 o’clock on May 29th. He will be buried with military honours on the 31st in the military cemetery at Boulogne.”
After his operation Private Green on May 28th wrote home as follows:– “I am going on as well as can be expected. I got wounded on Sunday night with a machine gun bullet and arrived at the hospital on Tuesday morning. I went under the X-rays, and the operation was performed on Wednesday. They managed to get the bullet out, which had entered the left thigh and gone into the hip bone. It seems strange, but I told my mates two months ago that there was a Blighty waiting for me sometime in May.”
Private Green, who was 23 years of age, enlisted in January, 1916, and had been out in France since July last. Mrs. Green has five other sons serving, Private John Thomas Green, Sergeant Albert Edward Green, who are serving with the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, Private James Green, of the Tyneside Scottish Regiment, Driver Wm. Hy. Green, of the Royal Field Artillery, all of whom are at present in France, and Lance-Corporal Fred Green, who is attached to the Training Reserve Battalion, and is at present stationed in England. Private Jacob Green was wounded in the early part of the present year in the back, thigh and leg. He was formerly employed as a carter by Mr. Thos. Duckett, contractor, of Skipton. He was also at one time a playing member of the Niffany Rovers Football Club.
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