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1206281Lt. Harold Willows Jackson
British Army 4th Btn. East Yorkshire
from:Hornsea, East Yorkshire
(d.14th May 1917)
Harold Willows Jackson
I have been researching this soldier as part of the WW1 remembrance in Hornsea, East Yorkshire. This poor lad was only 20 years of age when he died of his wounds in France. Harold Jackson was born in Hull in 1897, the only son of John Henry Jackson and Caroline Maud. He had one sister, Adele Mary born in 1900. The family lived at 19 Grosvenor Terrace, New Road, Hornsea. His father died in 1911 and was recorded as living at Holly Lodge, Hornsea at the time of his death.He was educated at Red House, Marston Moor and was briefly a labourer before enlisting. He entered the Battalion as a private but was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in March 1915 and promoted to Lieutenant the following December.
Harold died of his wounds received during the Battle of Arras on 14th May 1917, aged 20. At the time of his death he was attached to the 10th Division Battalion. He is buried at Duisans, Etrun, Pas de Calais.
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Harold Willows Jackson was my mother's only brother and I do not believe that this photo is of him. I own several photos of Harold , both portraits and snaps of him with his fellow soldiers. There is also an omission in the information here. There was another sister Norah Willows Jackson born 1904. I have in my possession the buttons from his uniform. As an officer his uniform was returned together with some small artefacts, to his grieving mother and sisters.Caroline Cornish
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