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220113 Dvr. Jacob Victor Curtis British Army 187th Brigade Royal Field Artillery from:Cricklade (d.23rd Sept 1917) Very little is known of my grandfather Jacob Victor Curtis who served with 187th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Can anyone please help me fill in the gaps in information?
Additional Information: | Driver Jacob Curtis, R.F.A., died in hospital, having been severely wounded by a bomb, the result of an air raid. Like many another who has given his services ungrudgingly for his King and country, Jacob Curtis was not obliged to go, for at the time the war broke out he was over the age limit. He felt the call, and he went.
"He heard a voice you cannot hear,
Which says I must not stay;
He sees a hand you cannot see,
Which beckons him away."
And so he went, for to him Duty called. And now a Higher Hand than ours has called him to his Rest. A quiet man, respected by those who knew him, a good husband and a devoted father, he leaves behind him a memory which will be cherished by his sorrowing widow and relations. It is for those who are left behind to mourn and feel the loss that we are so sorry for. Why grudge the happy dead their rest after the battle of life? We reckon life not by its length but by its intensity, and these brave men have indeed fought a good fight, have finished the course, have kept the faith. We offer our sincere sympathy to these lonely ones in their sorrow.
David Tetlow
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