225906 Pte. Jacob Rita Key British Army 1st Btn. Suffolk Regiment from:Brandon Bank, Cambs. (d.8th May 1915) Jacob Key was one of my grandmother's older brothers. Two others were also killed in action. She campaigned to have the plaque bearing their names salvaged when the church in which it had been put up was deconsecrated. She succeeded. She was also proud that he was commemorated on the Menin Gate. David, who died in September 1916 is commemorated on the Thiepval memorial and Frederick, died 8th August 1918, on the Ploegstraat memorial. None of their bodies were ever found. I have visited them all.
As my grandmother was the daughter at home during the war, and the one who could read, which her parents couldn't, imagine how she had to deal with imparting the news contained in letters from the army.
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