WE are searching for the family of Walter Jacob (a serviceman of the Great War) who sadly died 9/11/1918. His family (wife and children) would have been living in Green Croft St, Salisbury in January 1919.

We are aware of two grand-children living in the Salisbury Area, Rita and Jill Jacob, as they have written a wonderful commemoration to their grandfather on the British Legion Website: everymanremember ed.org/profiles/soldier/406324.

Below is one of Rita Jacob's commemorations:

Leaning back in a photographer's chair,

So like my father; same build, same hair,

A sepia image on an album page,

Surrounded by postcards of a by-gone age.

An internet entry, discovered last night,

While researching genealogy on an ancestry site,

Where you were born, your occupation, too,

Surrounded by details of those closest to you.

A name on a plaque encrusted with grime,

Some of the letters blurring with time,

One of the city's glorious dead,

Surrounded, in November, by poppies, blood red.

A grave in a cemetery shaded by trees,

Dying in England and not overseas,

Now at peace in the family plot,

Surrounded by the loved ones who never forgot!

The items mentioned above are all that we have to remind us of a grandfather who died of pneumonia two days before Armistice Day, Rita Jacob Rita Jacob is also listed on the web as a volunteer at the Milford Street Bridge Project.

The object of our quest is to return Walter Jacob's medals (and a letter) back to his family.

Please do not hesitate to contact us, regarding any queries.

Mandy and Elrad Matthews

01794 323893

mandy.matthews26@btinternet.com