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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. With fighting continuing, his body was not identified.
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- St Mary's ADS Cemetery, Haisnes
- 17 August 1897, Rottingdean, Sussex, England
- 27 September 1915 (aged 18), Loos-en-Gohelle, France
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...
On 23 September 1919 the remains of a casualty were discovered by a British Army burial party searching the old Loos battlefield. The casualty was recorded as an “Unidentified British Soldier, Officer Lieut. Irish Guards”.
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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.
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.
May 5, 2015 · Tue May 5 2015 - 01:00. When the first World War broke out in August 1914, Rudyard Kipling felt horribly vindicated. The poet of Empire believed Britain's army was pitifully small for the...
Nov 4, 2007 · He was reported wounded and missing six weeks later in his first action, in the Battle of Loos, on 27 September, 1915. When his father learnt the news he was said to have cried a 'curse like...
