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Capt. · 2 Devonshire Regiment

Henry Harris Jago

† 24/04/1918 · aged 24 · Pozières Memorial, Panel 24 & 25

Personal data

NameJago
InitialsH.H.
Christian nameHenry Harris
Date and place of birthPlymouth; ?.12.1894
Address"Eglinton", Plymouth

Military data

RankCapt.
Regiment / Unit2 Devonshire Regiment
Date of death
Age24
Cemetery / MemorialPozières Memorial, Panel 24 & 25

Other information

Information 1
Took communion at Talbot House on 27.01.1918
Information 2
Regularly attended Sunday services in the Upper Room. Had a special bond with Hannah Mitchell, the adopted child (Waifs and Strays Society) for whom Talbot House collected money.
Information 3
D.S.O. and Bar, M.C.
Information 4
Killed in action.
Information 5
Emmanuel Church in Compton Gifford has a chapel dedicated to the memory of Captain Henry Jago and his brother 2nd Lt. Edward Jago, 3 attd 2 Devonshire Regt., killed in action 01.07.1916.
Information 6
'The Harry Jago Lamp' - Lincoln Branch. Endowed on 06.11.1923. First lit on 15.12.1923 at The Guildhall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Henry Harris Jago, D.S.O., M.C., Capt., 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt., 24.4.1918." (Given by the Rev. P.B. Clayton)

Media

Sources

Source 1
CR-Slips-Book 2
Source 2
Liber Vitae 1923
Source 3
Liber Vitae 1928
Source 4
Louagie, J., A Touch of Paradise in Hell, p.259
Source 5
Jago is mentioned in Tubby Clayton's letter to his mother, 8 May 1918