BORN NEWCASTLE, 1896. SON OF ROBERT LYALL & MARGARET DORA SUMMERS. WORKING AS AN IRON MONGER’S ERRAND BOY, IN STOCKTON, NEWCASTLE, (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/02/1917, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ROBERT.
HIS NAMES IS RECORDED ON THE WALKER STREET WW1 MEMORIAL, HULL. ADDRESS NOT FOUND.
First name:
JOHN JACKSON
Military Number:
42142
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/02/1917
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
20
