Edmund JACKSON

Main CPGW Record

Surname: JACKSON

Forename(s): Edmund

Place of Birth: Longridge, Lancashire

Service No: 201848

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 1/5th Battalion

Division: 55th (West Lancashire) Division

Age: 28

Date of Death: 1917-07-31

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: C.16.

CWGC Cemetery: BUFFS ROAD CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Edmund Jackson was the son of Robert and Ruth Jackson, née Bretherton. Robert was born at Preston and Ruth at Bleasdale, Lancashire.

1891 Longridge, Lancashire Census: Market Place, Weavers Arms Beerhouse - Edward [sic] Jackson, aged 2 years, born Stockport, Lancashire [this place of birth belongs to the next person in the census], grandson of William and Elizabeth Bretherton. [Edmund and his mother, Ruth, were living with her parents.]

1901 Longridge, Lancashire Census: 8, Chapel Street - Edward [sic] Jackson, aged 12 years, born Longridge, son of Robert and Rebecca [sic] Jackson.

1911 Longridge, Lancashire Census: 8, Chapel Street - Edmund Jackson, aged 22 years, born Longridge, son of Ruth Jackson (married).

Edmund was married to Alice Partington in 1916.

The British Army Service Record for Edmund Jackson exists but may be incomplete. (Edmund was living at 36, Gisburn Street, Barnoldswick when he joined the army.)

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Edmund Jackson, 4651 & 201848, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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