BORN SHEFFIELD 1894. ONLY SON OF NORAH & GEORGE JACKLIN, OF 87, ALFRED ROAD, BRIGHTSIDE, SHEFFIELD. BROTHER TO JULIA, CATHERINE AND NORAH.
HE ENLISTED AT SHEFFIELD, ON 29/12/1902, AGED 18 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 9491, OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE. DURING HIS TRAINING, HIS ARMY RECORD SHEET REPORTS THAT HE WAS OFTEN LATE OR DIRTY ON PARADE, STILL IN BED AT 6.10AM, LAUGHING AT AN INSTRUCTOR, GAMBLING IN THE SERGEANT”S LATRINE, USING INSUBORDINATE LANGUAGE, BEING IN A PUBLIC HOUSE WHICH WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. HE SERVED WITH THE BRIGADE AT CAIRO, IN EGYPT.
HE MARRIED MARIA LENNON, IN SHEFFIELD, ON 07/09/1907. SHE LIVED AT 8 HOPE SQUARE, BRIGHTSIDE LAND, SHEFFIELD WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN.
A FORMER LABOURER AND A REGULAR SERVING SOLDIER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 118 LBS WEIGHT, 33 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, BURNS ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
WHEN WAR BEGAN, HE WAS SENT TO FRANCE ON 08/09/1914. POSTED TO THE 3RD RIFLE BRIGDE. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 22/06/1915, AGED 32. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 12 YEARS AND 175 DAYS.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARIA JACKLIN AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, JAMES AND MARIA.
HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE HULL PENNINGTON STREET MEMORIAL.
HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS FROM WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN”.
