John Kipling: Difference between revisions

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.{{citation needed|date = April 2022}}

His parents searched vainly for him in field hospitals and interviewed comrades to try to identify what had happened. A notice was published in ''[[The Times]]'' on 7 October 1915 confirming the known facts that he was "wounded and missing".{{citation needed|date = April 2022}}

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