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- John Kipling's body was not found. Rudyard Kipling spent four years searching for his lost son. He tracked down men from John's battalion and quizzed them. He wrote to the most senior military figures he knew, and asked the Red Cross to investigate.
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Jan 20, 2016 · By Ben James. Share. THE mystery surrounding Rudyard Kipling's son has finally been solved - more than 100 years after his death. Soldier John Kipling went missing during the Battle of Loos...
Sep 25, 2015 · John was destined, like Thomas Hardy’s Drummer Hodge, to rest “uncoffined” until 1992, when his remains supposedly were found in Chalk Pit Wood—though there is still some doubt about that...
Jan 19, 2016 · John Kipling died on Sept 27, 1915 in the Battle of Loos, weeks after arriving in France. His father, who had used his contacts to obtain an officer’s commission for him, spent much of his...
Jan 18, 2016 · The author of The Jungle Book and If died without finding out what had happened to his son, who disappeared during World War One. Now researchers think they have definitively solved the mystery ...
Death. 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 12, 2021 · Although a body was never found, the Army council officially listed John as ‘deceased’ in May 1919. [Specialist Interpretation: Janet Montefiore] Kipling never found out what happened to John,...
Feb 21, 2020 · It wasn't until 1992 that researchers claimed to have identified his remains, but even that is questionable. Sadly, Rudyard Kipling died in 1936. Rudyard Kipling gave us classic stories like 'The Jungle Book,' but in World War I, the man suffered a devastating tragedy: the tragic death of his son, John.
