Jacob Rosoff

Rifleman Jacob Rosoff was a soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born in Russia, the son of parents Barnett, a mohel for the Jewish community when in England, and Bertha Rosoff. At the time of the 1911 Census, Rosoff was working as a fur cutter while living with his family at 77 Brick Lane.
Aged 24, Rosoff died on 31 July 1917, on the opening day of the Third Battle of Ypres, while serving on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion, The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade).
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Menin Gate Memorial.
==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Rosoff, Jacob, cwgc.org. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
Category:Birth Date Unknown
Category:1917 deaths
Category:Russian military personnel
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:British people of Russian descent
Category:British Army
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Menin Gate Memorial
Category:Rifleman