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Surname: JACKSON
Forename(s): Isaac
Place of Birth: High Bentham, Yorkshire
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Regiment / Corps / Service: Munitions Worker
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Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-09-05
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Non-CWGC Burial: BENTHAM (ST. MARGARET) CHURCHYARD
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Isaac Jackson was the son of Matthew and Mary Jackson, née Dawson and brother of Private Joseph Jackson (14402) (q.v.). Their father was born at Heysham, Lancashire and mother at Bentham, Yorkshire
1891 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Isaac Jackson, aged 1 year, born Bentham, son of Mathew [sic] and Mary Jackson.
1901 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Isaac Jackson, aged 11 years, born Bentham, son of Matthew and Mary Jackson.
1911 Aldcliffe, Lancashire Census: Low Wood - Isaac Jackson, aged 21 years, born Main Street, High Bentham. [Isaac was employed by James Postlethwaite, Farmer.]
Isaac was married to Margaret McCarthy in 1914.
Isaac died at Bury, Lancashire, of 'munition typhoid'.
A short biography of Isaac is included in: ‘Bentham’s Part in the Great War 1914-18’ by Allan and Marilyn Hartley (2019).
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Munitions Worker
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14 September 1917
HIGHER BENTHAM – Funeral of the late Mr. Isaac Jackson
The funeral of the late Mr. Isaac Jackson took place at St. Margaret’s Church on Saturday. The body was brought from Bury by motor. There was a good number of relatives and friends present to pay a last tribute to the memory of deceased who had died in his country’s service on munitions. Much sympathy is felt for his widow and her infant child as well as for his parents in their bereavement. The service was impressively conducted by the Vicar, the Rev. G.H.C. Bartley.
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07 September 1917
JACKSON – Sept. 5th, at Bury, Isaac Jackson, of Bentham.
07 September 1917
BENTHAM
OBITUARY – The death of Mr. Isaac Jackson, fourth son of Mr. Matthew Jackson, took place at Bury on Wednesday last. Deceased was engaged on munition work in that town, and contracted munition typhoid. Deceased was married and leaves a wife and one child. The funeral is to take place at Bentham on Saturday next. Deceased’s brother, Joseph, was killed in France last year.
14 September 1917
BENTHAM
FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. ISSAC JACKSON – The funeral of the late Mr. Isaac Jackson took place at St. Margaret's Church on Saturday afternoon last. The body was brought from Bury in Lancashire by motor. There was a good number of relatives and friends present. The service war impressively conducted by the vicar, Rev. G.H.C. Bartley.
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