BORN ELLERBY 1886. SON OF JOHN & HARRIET WELDON. EX FARMER & A SINGLE MAN. HIS ARMY RECORDS RECORD THAT HE WAS OF GOOD PHYSICAL BUILD, 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 12.5 STONE IN WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED AT HORNSEA, ON 13/11/1915. SERVED IN THE 21ST KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 30.
REMEMBERED ON ST JAMES CHURCH MEMORIAL, ELLERBY, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE IS LISTED AS “WELDEN”, IN CWGC RECORDS. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
First name:
JOHN JACKSON
Military Number:
c/12321
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
15/09/1916
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
30
