BORN BURSTWICK 1889. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF JOHN & MARY JACKSON, OF 2, RAILWAY COTTAGES, NEWINGTON STREET CROSSING, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. BROTHER TO JOHN ROBERT JACKSON, AND FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, GREENWOODS, HESSLE ROAD, AS A RULLEYMAN FOR THE RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 16/11/1914, AGED 25 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 147 LBS WEIGHT, & 35 INCH CHEST. TRAINED AT BEVERLY AND RIPON, IN YORKSHIRE. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WOUNDED IN FRANCE, ON 07/08/1916. DIED OF WOUNDS AT 7TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 09/08/1916, AGED 27. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 1 YEAR AND 268 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN. HE IS BURIED AT MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE DANSOM LANE ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL
