KOHNSTAM Oscar Jacob Charles 2/Lt

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Surname: KOHNSTAM;

Forename(s): Oscar Jacob Charles;

Initials: OJC;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Previous Battalion: 4 of;

Previous Regiment: N Staffs Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 54 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 29-Jun-1916;

Other Data: Inns of Court OTC Register 1914-19: E/1555 6/10/1914. N Staff R. 31/5/15, MGC, France, 2 Lt, kia 29/6/1916.

Record of Old Westminsters Vol III, 1964: b 28/2/1897, 2nd son of Rudolph Kohnstam of Hampstead, by Emily, d. of Jacob Piza, of Maida Hill. At School Sept 1911-1913. Joined Inns of Court OTC - Lt 4th (Extra Res) Bn N Staffs R, 31/3/1915, att MGC 14/12/1915, Western Front 5/2/16, killed in the trenches at Carnoy, on the Somme, 29/6/1916. (His brother NMJ Kohnstamm, Manchester Regt. Also died in the war)

British Jewry Book of Honour - Portrait

kia 29/6/1916. Details as above - brothers NMJ Kohnstam(m) and Geoffrey (17), sisters Nancy (9) and Phoebe (6).
Bronze Plaque: KONSTAMM Nursery Centre, Chester Rd, Highgate

Death Noted in war diary

Jacob Charles Kohnstamm, known as Jacob, was the
second son of Rudolph and Emily Kohnstamm. He was born on 28th February71898
and was admitted as a boarder up Grants in Play 1911. He arrived at an uneventful
time; the Head of Grants noted that “nothing of importance occurred this term.
There does not seem to be much talent either for work or games in the House. But
many of the younger people are promising. At least it appears that there will be no
big rows this year.”
Jacob seems to have got himself into trouble on a fairly regular basis. He was tanned
“for ragging and breaking a window in Hall”, and again for “being out of bed at the
Half’. He managed to get his younger brother Geoffrey in trouble too — they were
both punished “for being out of his place for prep.”
Jacob was a member of the Junior football team and “would make a very7 useful
forward if he had any pace. At present he is included to wander round the ball,
instead of making for the opposing goal.”
Jacob’s elder brother, Norman, was made Head of Grants, but unfortunately7 came
down with scarlet fever in 1914 and was forced to postpone his studies while he
recovered. This meant that Jacob left the school in December 1913, over a year before
Norman did.
In September 1914, Jacob joined the Inns of Court OTC and became a 2nd
Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion (Extra Reserve) Prince of Wales’s Regiment (North
Staffordshire) on the 31st March 1915. He was attached to the Machine Gun Corps in
December and was sent to the western front on the 5th February71916. He was killed
in the trenches at Carnoy on the Somme, France on the 29th June 1916.
Photo: GS Archives;

Other Notes: KOHNSTAM, Second Lieutenant, OSCAR JACOB CHARLES, 4th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment attd. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 29th June 1916. Age 18. Son of Rudolph and Emily Kohnstam, of 41, Frognal, Hampstead, London. J. 28. Carnoy Military Cemetery - Somme, France.;

Is photo available? Yes, see VMGCRA Patreon

Related National Archives files: WO339/42931;

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