The Battle of Loos took place from 25 September to 8 October 1915 in France on the Western Front, during the First World War. It was the biggest British attack of 1915, the first time that the British
Battle of Loos
A World War I British gas hood c. 1915
British infantry from the 47th (1/2nd London) Division advancing into a gas cloud during the Battle of Loos
British infantry advancing through gas at Loos, 25 September 1915.
Second Lieutenant John Kipling was a British Army officer. The only son of English author Rudyard Kipling, during World War I, his father used his influence to gain Kipling a commission in the British
Battle of Loos
…Geoffrey Vickers, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) John Kipling - killed in action during Battle of Loos, September 1915 Charles Sorley - killed in action during Battle of Loos, October 1915…
John Kipling in the uniform of the Irish Guards, 1915
North End House, Rottingdean, John Kipling's birthplace