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==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||
Jacob was born on 21 November 1863, at [[Mahidpur]] in the [[Bombay Presidency]] of [[British India]], to Major-General William Jacob and Eliza Jacob.<ref name=odnb>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34143?docPos=1 |title=Sir Claud Jacob |publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|accessdate=25 May | Jacob was born on 21 November 1863, at [[Mahidpur]] in the [[Bombay Presidency]] of [[British India]], to Major-General William Jacob and Eliza Jacob.<ref name=odnb>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34143?docPos=1 |title=Sir Claud Jacob |publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|accessdate=25 May 2013}}</ref> | ||
Educated at [[Sherborne School]], he passed into [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Sandhurst]] and was commissioned into the [[Worcestershire Regiment]] on 9 September 1882.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25145|page=4178|date=8 September 1882}}</ref>{{sfn|Davies|1997|p=154}} On 16 December 1884, stationed at [[Quetta]], he secured his transfer from the Worcestershire Regiment<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25440|page=576|date=10 February 1885}}</ref> to the [[British Indian Army|Indian service]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25568|page=1284|date=16 March 1886}}</ref> and, in July 1886, he became adjutant of the [[130th Baluchis|30th Regiment (Jacob's) Bombay Native Infantry]] also known as 3rd Belooch Regiment (now 12 Baloch).<ref name=heath190>Heathcote, p. 190</ref> He first saw action with the Zhob Valley expedition of 1890 after which he was posted to the [[124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry|24th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry]] (now 6 Baloch) in 1891.<ref name=heath190/> Promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 9 September 1893<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26458|page=6357|date=14 November 1893}}</ref> and to [[major]] on 10 July 1901,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27362|page=6487|date=4 October 1901}}</ref> he was selected to command the Zhob Levy Corps, which kept the peace in the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier Province]] along the [[Waziristan]] and Southern [[Afghanistan]] border.<ref name=heath190/> He took part in the blockade of the [[Mahsud]] [[Wazir (Pashtun tribe)|Waziri]] tribe at the end of 1901.<ref name=odnb/> Promoted to [[lieutenant-colonel]] on 1 October 1904,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27751|page=151|date=6 January 1905}}</ref> he was given command of the [[106th Hazara Pioneers]].<ref name=heath190/> Promoted to brevet colonel on 1 October 1908<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28247|page=3389|date=4 May 1909}}</ref> and to full [[colonel]] on 1 January 1911,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28487|page=3095|date=21 April 1911}}</ref> he was appointed [[Staff (military)|GSO1]] of the Meerut Division on 2 September 1912.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28657|page=7869|date=25 October 1912}}</ref> | Educated at [[Sherborne School]], he passed into [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Sandhurst]] and was commissioned into the [[Worcestershire Regiment]] on 9 September 1882.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25145|page=4178|date=8 September 1882}}</ref>{{sfn|Davies|1997|p=154}} On 16 December 1884, stationed at [[Quetta]], he secured his transfer from the Worcestershire Regiment<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25440|page=576|date=10 February 1885}}</ref> to the [[British Indian Army|Indian service]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25568|page=1284|date=16 March 1886}}</ref> and, in July 1886, he became adjutant of the [[130th Baluchis|30th Regiment (Jacob's) Bombay Native Infantry]] also known as 3rd Belooch Regiment (now 12 Baloch).<ref name=heath190>Heathcote, p. 190</ref> He first saw action with the Zhob Valley expedition of 1890 after which he was posted to the [[124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry|24th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry]] (now 6 Baloch) in 1891.<ref name=heath190/> Promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 9 September 1893<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26458|page=6357|date=14 November 1893}}</ref> and to [[major]] on 10 July 1901,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27362|page=6487|date=4 October 1901}}</ref> he was selected to command the Zhob Levy Corps, which kept the peace in the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier Province]] along the [[Waziristan]] and Southern [[Afghanistan]] border.<ref name=heath190/> He took part in the blockade of the [[Mahsud]] [[Wazir (Pashtun tribe)|Waziri]] tribe at the end of 1901.<ref name=odnb/> Promoted to [[lieutenant-colonel]] on 1 October 1904,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27751|page=151|date=6 January 1905}}</ref> he was given command of the [[106th Hazara Pioneers]].<ref name=heath190/> Promoted to brevet colonel on 1 October 1908<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28247|page=3389|date=4 May 1909}}</ref> and to full [[colonel]] on 1 January 1911,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28487|page=3095|date=21 April 1911}}</ref> he was appointed [[Staff (military)|GSO1]] of the Meerut Division on 2 September 1912.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28657|page=7869|date=25 October 1912}}</ref> | ||