BORN HULL 1886. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON & MARY ELIZABETH JACKSON, OF STEYNBURG STREET, HULL. HE HAD A YOUNGER SISTER, GERTRUDE.
HE MARRIED ON 24/06/1911. HIS WIFE, ADA VERITY (1885-1979), LIVED AT 22 , MORRILL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A POSTMAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/11/1917, AT YPRES, AGED 32.
BURIED AT LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY NO.2. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THOUGH SUNDERED FAR BY FAITH WE MEET”.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW, ADA, WHO MOVED TO 9, BELLE VUE, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL.
| Name | George Edwin Jackson |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1886 |
| Death Date | 1 Nov 1917 |
| Death Place | La Brique Military Cemetery No.2, West Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Gunner |
| Regiment | Royal Garrison Artillery 63rd Siege Battery |
| Battalion | East Riding. [RGA – (TF)] |
| Regimental Number | 382308 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
GEORGE EDWIN
Military Number:
382308
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
01/11/1917
Place died:
La Brique Military Cemetery No.2, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
32
22, MORRILL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
