BORN KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK, 1897. ONLY SON AND STEP SON OF ROBERT LEGGETT (1879-1946) & SUSANNAH ELIZABETH CROME (1877-1952), AT 4, MINNIES TERRACE, ROSAMOND STREET AND 53, REDBOURNE STREET (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ERRAND BOY.
HE ENLISTED IN THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, IN YORK. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL. DIED ON 27/05/1918, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SUSANNAH LEGGETT.
HE LEFT THREE SISTERS, ALICE, ETHEL AND LOUISE.
First name:
HERBERT JACKSON
Military Number:
40284
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
27/05/1918
Place died:
Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Age:
22
53, REDBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
