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Name:

William JACKSON

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

6694

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Gateshead, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

19 Thorpe Avenue, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Addison Colliery.

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Saturday 7th August 1915

Place of Death:

Battle/Campaign:

Second Battle of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium – Hooge Sector.

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres (Ieper), Belgium – Panel 36 and 38.

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

William was married and had a family.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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