Walter JACKSON

12 April 1918

PRIVATE WALTER JACKSON, EMBSAY

Official information has now been received by Mrs. Jackson, Rose Terrace, Main Street, Embsay, from the British Section of the International Red Cross Society at Geneva, to the effect that her son, Pte. Walter Jackson, Machine Gun Corp, was killed in action on the lst December 1917. Pte. Jackson enlisted in the (Queen’s Bay's) Dragoon Guards in January 1912, and was transferred to India in February 1914. Following the outbreak of war he was sent to France in the following December, and had only been home on leave twice - in December 1916, and in August last. Pte. Jackson was a son of the late Mr. James Jackson, Embsay, and has another brother, Pte. Willie Jackson, Transport Section of the Machine Gun Corp, who has been in France for the past three years. Prior to enlisting, Pte. Jackson was employed by Mr. Arthur Davy, Embsay. He was twenty-six years of age, and was unmarried.

31 May 1918

Private Walter Jackson, Embsay

Much sympathy was felt for Mrs. Jackson, Rose Terrace, Embsay, on Monday, when it became known that she had been officially informed by the War Office of the death of her son, Private Walter Jackson, from wounds received in action on lst December 1917. Private Walter Jackson (whose photograph we reproduced in the ‘Herald’ on April 12th last) was a son of the late Mr. James Jackson, Embsay, and grandson of the late Mr. Thomas Whitaker, Cracoe, and joined the Queen’s Bays as a regular in 1912. After spending just over a year in training at Aldershot, he was sent to India. In 1914, on the outbreak of war, he was brought back to France and transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and although he had since been continuously in the thick of the fighting, he escaped all injury until his death on 1st December 1917. Previous to enlistment, Private Jackson was employed by Mr. Arthur Davy, provision merchant, Embsay. He was twenty-six years of age and was at home on leave in August last. His brother, Private Willie Jackson, has been in France during the past three years, and is attached to the Machine Gun Corps, while a brother-in-law, Private Joseph Downs, has been in France with the Northumberland Fusiliers for the past two years.

07 June 1918

EMBSAY – Memorial Service

A memorial service was held in St. Mary’s Parish Church on Sunday morning to the late Private Walter Jackson, of Main Street, Embsay. The Rev. C. V. Brown, vicar, occupied the pulpit, and touching references were made to the noble sacrifice that had been made by our soldiers in the great struggle for Right. Special hymns were sung, and at the close of the service ‘O Rest in the Lord’ was played, the congregation remaining standing. The flag was flown at half-mast from the Church tower.

29 November 1918

JACKSON – In loving memory of Private Walter Jackson, Machine Gun Corps, killed at Cambrai 1st December, 1917.

For Country’s sake your life you gave,
You stood your trials well.

From Mother and Sisters, Embsay; and Brother and Brother-in-law in France.

05 December 1919

IN MEMORIAM

JACKSON – In loving memory of Private Walter Jackson, killed in action December 1st, 1917.

He sleeps beside his comrades
In a grave beyond the foam;
But his name is written in letters of love
In the hearts he left at home.

From Mother and Sisters, Embsay.