BORN BRADFORD 1882. SON OF JOHN HENRY & LOUISA ELIZABETH JACKSON, OF 25 GLASSHOUSE ROW, STONEFERRY, HULL. EX RECKITT’S & OIL PAINT WORKER.
HE MARRIED KATE DEMPSEY, AT ST SILAS CHURCH ON 20/071904. THEY LIVED AT 229 WINCOLMLEE (1911 CENSUS) & 111, JALLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED HULL ON 31/05/1916 AT THE AGE OF 34 YEARS AND 30 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 134 LBS, 37 INCH CHEST, AND OF ‘GOOD’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 25/11/1916. RECEIVED A GUNSHOT WOUND ON 9/04/1917. WAS PART OF THE BATTALION SAVED BY JACK HARRISON VC. WOUNDED AGAIN ON 1/09/1918. HE DIED A WEEK BEFORE THE WAR ENDED ON 4/11/1918.
HE LEFT WIDOW KATE DEMPSEY & FOUR CHILDREN AT 2, OXFORD STREET, HULL. SHE LATER MOVED TO 13, UNION STREET, EDINBURGH.
ALSO LEFT BROTHER’S ALFRED, JOHN GEORGE, CHARLES & WILLIAM JACKSON. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 12TH & 13TH DECEMBER 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
6/07/2016 – For more history on the Jackson family, please contact Alan Jackson -nashwan12003@yahoo.co.uk
| Name | Edward Jackson |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Bradford |
| Death Date | 4 Nov 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | East Yorkshire Regiment |
| Battalion | 7th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 26574 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
