Life story: John Kipling | Lives of the First World War

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1893

sibling Josephine Kipling Source:7649899 1893

1896

sibling Elsie Kipling Source:7649899 February 1896

1897

birth North End House,Rottingdean, Sussex United Kingdom Source:6168379 Source:7649896 17th August 1897

1897

location The Elms, Rottingdean, Sussex United Kingdom parents address Source:7649896 17th August 1897 - 1902

1902

location Batemans, Burwash, Sussex United Kingdom parents address Source:7649896 1902

1911

education St Aubyns School Rottingdean, Sussex United Kingdom Source:8550955 1911

1914

commission Regular Source:6969235 15th August 1914

1914

service British Army 2nd Lieutenant Irish Guards Reserve Bn. Source:6167813 15th August 1914

1915

service British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards. 2nd Battalion Source:7102759 7th June 1915 - 27th September 1915

1915

theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:6168513 17th August 1915 - 27th September 1915

1915

dates Age 18 Source:5503594 27th September 1915

1915

hospitalisation Wounded-assumed fatally Hospital/Institution Source:7649890 27th September 1915

1915

missing During the battle of Loos Source:6167813 27th September 1915 - 10th June 1919

events Commemoration on War Memorial and Plaque Commemoration on War Memorial and Plaque in Church St Bartholomews Church Burwash Sussex United Kingdom Oval bronze Plaque on wall in Church commemorates the Death In Action of the Beloved Only Son of Rudyard Kipling. Source:7649970

service British Army 2nd Lieutenant Irish Guards 2nd Bn. Source:6167813

1915

death Killed in Action Kipling was reported injured and missing in action in September 1915 during the Battle of Loos. A shell blast had apparently ripped off his face. With fighting continuing, his body was not identified. Loos, Pas-de-Calais, France Source:7102759 Source:6168379 27th September 1915

burial St. Mary's A.d.s. Cemetery, Haisnes CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France VII. D. 2 Source:7102759

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	John
Initials	J
Last Name	Kipling
Source	2272820

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
Batemans, Burwash, Sussex	United Kingdom	parents address	1902
The Elms, Rottingdean, Sussex	United Kingdom	parents address	17th August 1897 - 1902

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	Irish Guards	Reserve Bn.	2nd Lieutenant
British Army	Irish Guards	2nd Bn.	2nd Lieutenant
British Army	Irish Guards.	2nd Battalion	Lieutenant

Awards

Award	Type	Source
1914/15 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Rudyard Kipling	father
Caroline Starr Aka Carrie Balestier	mother

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Josephine Kipling	sister	1893
Elsie Kipling	sister	February 1896

Physical

Complexion	Eyes	Hair	Source

Date	Height	Source
1914-08-15	5'6"

Media

John "Jack" Kipling

In uniform, from Rudyard Kipling Papers, University of Sussex Library.

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Irish Guards cap badge

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John Kipling CWGC cert

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Deryck11795
Kipling's Choice

Fictional Biography

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My Boy Jack?

by Tonie Holt and Valmai Holt

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John Kipling's believed grave.

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Deryck11795
John Kipling MIC

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Deryck11795
Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.

British Campaign Medals

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Jack + officers of 2nd Irish Guards

Jack + officers of 2nd Irish Guards, Warely 1915

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BSA 500cc 1914

BSA 500cc 1914 of the type owned by Jack Kipling.

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Irish Guards Leaving Barracks

1st Battalion Irish Guards prepare to leave Wellington Barracks for France in early August 1914

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'My Boy Jack'

'My Boy Jack' by Rudyard Kipling

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Guards Division Flash

The all seeing eye of the Guards Division

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The Battle of Loos

British infantry of the 47th (2nd London) Division advance through the gas cloud on 25 September 1915. A photograph believed to have been taken by a soldier of the 1/5th London Regiment. IWM HU63277B

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Jack's Grave

Photo of grave in France taken by David Milborrow

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Children

John and his sisters

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Batemans

John's childhood home

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Portrait photo of Second Lieutenant John Kipling

Second Lieutenant John Kipling. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 27 September 1915 wounded and missing at Loos beyond the Chalk Pit Wood, Western Front. Only son of Rudyard (the writer) and Carrie Kipling, of Batemans, Burwash, Sussex.

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Memorial

Photograph of memorial in St Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, East Sussex

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War memorial

Photograph of war memorial, Burwash, East Sussex

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War memorial

Photograph of war memorial, Burwash, East Sussex

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Lieutenant John Kipling

Lest We Forget.

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Second Lieutenant John Kipling

Second Lieutenant John Kipling. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 27 September 1915 wounded and missing at Loos beyond the Chalk Pit Wood, Western Front.

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Kipling's medals

On display at Batemans, Sussex, during 2016

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Memorial orchard

Planted at Batemans, Sussex in 2015

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Jack Kipling's bedroom

At Batemans, Sussex - with his school uniform and football boots on display. Photo taken by me in 2016

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Burwash War Memorial

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Evidence

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Official Records

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records	Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Selena49658
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Selena49658
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Anne23518

External Evidence

Reference	Connected by	More information
Grave and cemetery	Alistair2221
John Kipling Wikipedia reference	Deryck11795
The Son Who Haunted Kipling	Deryck11795
London Gazette	paul490
The London Gazette	paul490
Burwash Sussex Roll of Honour	Jean45090
England and Wales Birth Registration Index 1837-2008	Jean45090
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index 1837-2008	Jean45090
Kipling's Life	Jean45090
Rudyard Kipling on Wikipedia	Jean45090
Burwash War Memorial	Jean45090
My Boy Jack poem	Charlotte33
Solving the Mystery of Rudyard Kipling's Son (BBC News Magazine)	Yvonne27542

Multimedia

Title	Connected by	More information
John "Jack" Kipling	Deryck11795
Irish Guards cap badge	Deryck11795
John Kipling CWGC cert	Deryck11795
Kipling's Choice	Deryck11795
My Boy Jack?	Deryck11795
John Kipling's believed grave.	Deryck11795
John Kipling MIC	Deryck11795
Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.	Deryck11795
Jack + officers of 2nd Irish Guards	Deryck11795
BSA 500cc 1914	Deryck11795
Irish Guards Leaving Barracks	Deryck11795
'My Boy Jack'	Deryck11795
Guards Division Flash	paul490
The Battle of Loos	paul490
Jack's Grave	Selena49658
Children	Selena49658
Batemans	Selena49658
Portrait photo of Second Lieutenant John Kipling	Yvonne27542
Memorial	Trevor97969
War memorial	Trevor97969
War memorial	Trevor97969
Lieutenant John Kipling	Desmond1478
Second Lieutenant John Kipling	James201
Kipling's medals	Christopher35699
Memorial orchard	Christopher35699
Jack Kipling's bedroom	Christopher35699

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