The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J A Jackson

Photograph by "Len"

Private John Alfred JACKSON, G/20290, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 8th August 1918.

9th October 1896, born Sale, Manchester, Lancashire, son of John William & Mary Ann Jackson.

1911 Census - 2 Bennett Buildings, King Street, Stretford, Lancashire - John William Jackson, head, age 50, married, gardener, jobbing, worker, born Sale, Cheshire; Mary Ann Jackson, wife, age 38, married 18 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Braw, Dublin, Ireland; Charles William Jackson, son, age 18, single, labourer, out of work, worker, born Sale, Cheshire; John Alfred Jackson, son, age 15, single, office boy, builders merchants, worker, born Sale, Cheshire; Thomas Henry Jackson, son, age 13, born Sale, Cheshire; Joseph Stanley? Jackson, son, age 10, born Sale, Cheshire.

Enlisted Manchester, Lancashire, age 20 years & 9 months, height 5ft 4 inches, pale complexion, blue eyes, fair hair. Resided 2 Bennett Buildings, Stretford, Lancashire. Formerly labourer.

Home 1st October 1916 to 25th October 1917; BEF 26th October 1917 to 8th August 1918.

1st October 1916, deemed to have enlisted; 9th June 1917, Called up for Service & posted 5th Volunteer Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, Service No.205336; 27th October 1917, embarked / disembarked; 27th October 1917, 23 Infantry Base Depot, posted 1/5 Territorial Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers; 29th October 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st October 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 13th November 1917, with Battalion, to Italy; 3rd March 1918, returned to France with Battalion; 3rd April 1918, attached 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry; 1st May 1918, Etaples, Infantry Base Depot "J"; 13th May 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th May 1918, joined Battalion In the Field.

17th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, John William Jackson, 2 Bennett Buildings, Stretford; Mother, Mary Ann Jackson, 2 Bennett Buildings, Stretford; Brothers - Charles William Jackson, age 26, 2 Bennett Buildings, Stretford; Thomas H Jackson, age 21, Soldier in Germany; Joseph S Jackson, age 19, Soldier in Ireland.

Buried at Dive Copse British Cemetery, III. G. 2., Sailly-le-Sec, France.

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