BORN HEDON, HULL 18/03/1893. SON OF LEWIS JACKSON (1864- 1949) & LUCY WREATHALL (1859-1933), OF WINESTEAD, PATRINGTON AND HALSTEAD, ESSEX. HE WAS BROUGHT UP ON HIS UNCLES FARM, WHERE HE WORKED AS A WAGGONER.
HE ENLISTED CHELMSFORD. HE SERVED AS A FARRIER SERGEANT IN THE ROYAL HORSE AND FIELD ARTILLERY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/04/1917, AGED 24. BURIED IN FRANCE.
HIS HPRSE FARM WORKMATE, IN WINESTEAD, WAS PRIVATE, EDGAR STABLER, 22ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, WHO DIED ON 20/10/1917, AGED 24.
First name:
EDWARD
Military Number:
9978
Rank:
Farrier Sergeant
Date Died
21/04/1917
Place died:
Beaurevoir Aisne Cemetery, Aisne, France
Age:
24
