BORN HULL 1885. SON OF CHARLES GEORGE JACKSON (1855-1916) & FRANCES JANE JACKSON (1857-1940), OF 62 BACHELOR STREET (1911) & 2 WILBERFORCE STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF ROSE ANN (CISSIE) WRIGGLESWORTH, WHO HE MARRIED IN 1915. THEY LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE WAS THE ASSISTANT MASTER OF ST GEORGES ROAD, BOYS SCHOOL, HULL.
HE SERVED AS A RIFLEMAN IN THE 12TH RIFLE BRIGADE. WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 12/02/1916, AGED 31. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 7TH MARCH 1916. *
HE WAS REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE CISSIE, BROTHERS AND SCHOOL FRIENDS IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 06/09/1916.
First name:
WILLIAM JAMES
Military Number:
S/712
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
12/02/1916
Place died:
YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM
Age:
31
