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BERNARD CRAIG KEBLE JOB (1898-1901
: 27), Second Lieutenant in the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment, was the
only son of the Rev. F W Job, Vicar of Lower Gornal, Staffordshire.
Born at Liverpool in 1887, he came to the school in 1898 and left in 1901
to go to Radley College, where he remained till 1904.
On the very first day of the war he enlisted, in the Liverpool Scottish,
and already in November he had been given a commission in the 3rd
Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment.
On arrival in France in the following March he was attached to the 1st
Battalion and with it he took part on April 18th in one of the fierce
counter attacks on Hill 60. Here he
and five of his fellow officers fell and near by he was presently buried. “He was the soul of courage”, wrote his Commanding
Officer – a high tribute from a R.W.K.R commander – and others who knew him
testified to his fine qualities as man and soldier.
Known during his boyhood for his adventurous spirit and his prowess in
boxing, fishing and shooting, he became attached to those around his home by his
geniality and good sportsmanship, as well as by the share he took in local
football. The affection and respect
borne to him and his parents have been touchingly shown in a memorial placed in
the church at Lower Gornal. In the
form of a Lady Altar this memorial comprehends a painted reredos of refined
symbolism, portraying in the figure of St. Alban the features of Bernard Job.
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