BORN HULL 1900. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM & MATILDA JACKSON, OF 3 MAREHAM AVENUE, ENA STREET, HULL & THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WAS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 57631, 2ND LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT CAMBRAI, ON 26/10/1918, AGED 18 . HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MATILDA. HE IS BURIED AT VILLERS-EN-CAUCHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “LOVE’S LAST GIFT REMEMBRANCE”
First name:
HAROLD
Regiment:
Military Number:
57631
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/10/1918
Place died:
villers en cauchies communal cemetery nord france
Age:
19
