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Surname: JACKSON
Forename(s): William
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 33529
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Battalion / Unit: 185th Coy
Division: 14th (Indian) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1917-08-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XVIII. G. 7.
CWGC Cemetery: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Jackson was the son of Hammond and Alice Jackson, née Fletcher and brother of A/Corporal Ernest Jackson (11890) (q.v.). Both of their parents were born at Liversedge, Yorkshire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 3, Westmorland Street - William Jackson, aged 3 years, born Skipton, son of Hammond and Alice Jackson.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 13, Devonshire Street - William Jackson, aged 14 years, born Skipton, son of Hammond and [stepson of] Annie Jackson. [Hammond had married Annie Black in 1905.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William Jackson, 33529, Machine Gun Corps.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
JACKSON, Gunner Wm., aged 19, Machine Gun Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hammond Jackson, Rockwood Lodge, Skipton, died from enteric fever in Mesopotamia Aug. 10, 1917.
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Private William JACKSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 14th (Indian) Division
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31 August 1917
JACKSON – August 10th 1917, died from enteric fever in Mesopotamia, Gunner Wm. Jackson, Machine Gun Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hammond Jackson, Rockwood Lodge, Skipton, aged 19 years.
31 August 1917
SKIPTON FAMILY’S SECOND BEREAVEMENT
We regret to state that Mr. and Mrs. Hammond Jackson, of Rockwood Lodge, Skipton, yesterday received an intimation from the Machine Gun Corps Record Office, London, that their son, Gunner Wm. Jackson, of the Machine Gun Corps, died on August 10th in Mesopotamia from enteric fever. This is Mr. and Mrs. Jackson’s second war bereavement within a few weeks’ time, another son, Corpl. Ernest Jackson, having in July last been reported killed in action on September 14th 1916, after being missing for ten months.
Gunner Jackson, who was only 19 years of age, enlisted at Christmas, 1915, and went out to Mesopotamia in the following September. He took part in the famous march of 250 miles, which led up to the capture of Baghdad, and was amongst the first British troops to enter the city. He had been ill for some time from dysentery, but recovered and rejoined his Battalion, and the bad news of his death has naturally come as a great shock to his parents.
In civil life deceased was an apprentice to baking at the Skipton Co-operative Society’s stores, and was a prominent worker and teacher at the Trinity Wesleyan Sunday School, as well as a member of the chapel choir. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have another son, Corporal Arthur Jackson, serving. As a Territorial he was called up at the outbreak of war and served at the Front thirteen months. His time expired, but he rejoined and is now a bomb instructor at a camp in the Midlands.
07 September 1917
GUNNER WM. JACKSON, R.F.A. SKIPTON
We reproduce a photograph of Gunner Wm. Jackson, R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hammond Jackson, of Rockwood Lodge, Skipton, who, as reported in our last issue, died from enteric fever in Mesopotamia on August 10th. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson lost an elder son, Corpl. Ernest Jackson, on September 14th last year, while anther son, Corpl. Arthur Jackson, is serving.
09 August 1918
JACKSON – In loving memory of Willie Jackson, who died on the 10th August, 1917, at Mesopotamia; also of Ernest Jackson, who was killed in action on the 14th September, 1916.
From Mother, Father, Sister and Brother, Rockwood Lodge, Skipton.
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20 October 1916
SKIPTON SOLDIER MISSING
Corporal E. Jackson, of the West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Jackson, of 57 Gargrave Road, Skipton, has been officially reported missing. Comrades have also written home stating that he has been wounded and is missing. Corporal Jackson had previously been wounded in the landing at Gallipoli, and after recuperating in hospital in Egypt he returned to the Dardanelles. He had been in France since July 1st. Corporal Jackson has also two brothers serving – Pte. Arthur Jackson and Willie Jackson. The former has been in France twelve months and is now at Clipstone, while the latter is at present on his way to Mesopotamia. Corporal Jackson, prior to the war, was employed by Messrs. G. H. Mason and Sons, plumbers, Skipton.
31 August 1917
JACKSON – Aug. 10th, 1917, died of enteric fever in Mesopotamia, Gunner Willie Jackson, of the Machine Gun Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Jackson, Rockwood Lodge, Skipton, aged 19.
31 August 1917
SKIPTON SOLDIER DIES IN MESOPOTAMIA
Mr. and Mrs. Hammond Jackson, of Rockwood Lodge, Skipton, received official information on Wednesday last that their son, Gunner Willie Jackson, of the Machine Gun Section, had died on August 10th from enteric fever in Mesopotamia. Gunner Jackson, who was 19 years of age, enlisted in December, 1915, and went out to Mesopotamia on September 1st, 1916. He was formerly employed in the bakery department of the Skipton Co-operative Society. He was a member of the Trinity Wesleyan Chapel Choir and also a teacher in the Sunday school. In June last he suffered from dysentery but on his recovery he rejoined his regiment. He was one of the first along with a number of other Skipton lads to enter Bagdad, and also took part in the re-capture of General Townsend’s guns. A letter was only received from him on Monday last, in which he stated that he was in the best of health. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson had another son, Corporal Ernest Jackson, killed in action on September 14th, 1916. They still have another son, Corporal Arthur Jackson, who is attached to the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, and is at present stationed at Clipstone, where he is acting as n instructor. He was a Territorial prior to the outbreak of war, and after serving thirteen months in France his time expired, but he rejoined in August, 1916.
09 August 1918
In loving memory of Willie Jackson, who died August 18th, 1917, in Mesopotamia. Also of Ernest Jackson, who was killed in action on the 14th September, 1916.
– From Father, Mother, Sister and Brothers, Rockwood Lodge, Skipton.
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