The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Jackson


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Private James  JACKSON, G/19430, 7th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 83047, Sherwood Foresters),  killed in action,  Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 24th April 1918. 

Born Borrowash, Derbyshire, son of George & Maria Jackson.

26th September 1907, Parish Church, Ockbrook, Derbyshire, James Jackson, age 22, bachelor, gardener, Borrowash, father, George Jackson, gardener, married Annie Shaw, age 20, spinster, Borrowash, father, John Shaw, labourer.

Children - James Jackson, born 5th February 1908, born Borrowash, Derbyshire; George Jackson, born 28th March 1910, Borrowash, Derbyshire.


1911 Census - Elm Street, Borrowash, Derbyshire - James Jackson, head, age 26, married, nursery gardener, worker, born Ockbrook, Derbyshire; Annie Jackson, wife, age 23, married 4 years, 2 children, both still alive, cotton reeler, factory, worker, born Spondon, Derbyshire; James Jackson, son, age 3, born Ockbrook, Derbyshire; George Jackson, son, age 1, born Ockbrook, Derbyshire.


Enlisted Long Eaton,  Derbyshire, age 31 years & 1 month, height 5ft 2½, weight 114lbs. Resided Elm Street, Borrowash, Derbyshire. Formerly gardener.

Home 4th December 1915 to 25th June 1917; BEF 26th June 1917 to 24th April 1918.

4th December 1915, enlisted; 1st March 1918 to 23rd March 1918, Derby Military Hospital, admitted whilst on short leave from BEF for severe trench feet.

17th November 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Annie Jackson, Elm Street, Borrowash; Children, James Jackson, 5th February 1908, Elm Street,  Borrowash; George Jackson, 28th March 1910, Elm Street, Borrowash; Stepfather, John Kniveton, Elm Street, Borrowash; Mother, Maria Kniveton, Elm Street, Borrowash; Half Brother, John Herbert, age 22, Elm Street, Borrowash; Sister - Ada Whyman, age 45, Elm Street, Borrowash; Nephews/Nieces - Harry Whyman, age 18, Elm Street, Borrowash; Oswald James Whyman, age 12, Elm Street, Borrowash; Bernard Whyman, age 9, Elm Street, Borrowash.

22nd August? 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 24/6 payable to widow will cease.

23rd December 1918, pension of 25/5 a week awarded to widow & two children.

Buried at Crucifix Corner Cemetery, X. E. 11., Villers-Bretonneux, France.


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