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Nov 16, 2009 · On September 27, 1915, Second Lieutenant John Kipling of the British army, the only son of Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling, is killed at the Battle of Loos, in the Artois region...
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On the afternoon of 27 September 1915 Lieutenant John Kipling went into action commanding 5 Platoon, 2 Company, 2nd Battalion Irish Guards. It was the third day of the British offensive in Artois, the Battle of Loos. From 4.00pm the four companies of 2/Irish Guards advanced from a position north of Loos village towards Chalk Pit Wood. John was woun...
The cemetery is located north of the village of Loos-en-Gohelle and is the location of the grave of Lieutenant John Kipling. St. Mary's ADS Cemetery
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Kipling was reported injured and missing in action in September 1915 during the Battle of Loos. There remains no definite evidence relating to the cause of his death, but credible reporting indicates he was last seen attacking a German position, possibly with a head injury.
Rudyard Kipling’s son John, an 18-year-old lieutenant in the 2/Irish Guards who had landed in France barely a month before, was lost and believed killed at Bois Hugo. The Kiplings searched for their son for years, but his remains were not identified until 1992 and confirmed in 2015.
Feb 6, 2023 · The next day, at the Battle of Loos, Lieutenant Kipling was last seen leading his platoon in an attack on a German-held building near Chalk Pit Wood. Much later, a fellow Guardsman reported that John was sobbing in pain from a shrapnel wound to his mouth.
May 5, 2015 · Second Lieut John Kipling was in charge of a platoon with the Irish Guards. He died during an assault on Chalk-Pit Wood at the apex of the German front line. At first he was reported missing.
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Kipling was reported Missing in Action in September 1915 during the Battle of Loos. With fighting continuing, his body was not identified. His parents searched vainly for him in field hospitals and interviewed comrades.
