Ian Scott has provided the following:
The son of Johnson Jobson and Rachel Jobson (née Stevenson) of Way-to-Wooler Farm, and later Heckley Fence, Alnwick, Northumberland, he was born in 1896 at Belford, Northumberland.
It is not clear when he enlisted, although he was initially posted to ‘A’ Company, 30th (Reserve) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers which was formed in July 1915, nor is it certain when he landed in France or transferred to the 24th battalion, but it is likely it was before the 24th battalion landed in France. The 24th Battalion was under the orders of the 103rd Brigade, 34th Division and landed in France in January 1916. On 1st July 1916 the 34th Division was in III Corps under Lt-Gen. Sir William Pulteney and was in the front line with the 103rd (Tyneside Irish) Brigade in reserve. The task allotted the 103rd Brigade was the capture of Contalmaison after the first and second objectives - the German front trenches and intermediate trenches - had be taken. The CWGC records 611 men dead on 1st July from the Tyneside Irish battalions. The 26th battalion lost 170 men, the 24th battalion 154 men, the 27th battalion 144, and the 25th battalion 143 men. Pte John Stevenson Jobson was amongst those lost from the 24th battalion. He was just 19 years and 9 months old.
John Stevenson Jobson is remembered in Wooler on W68.01 and W68.02
