233580 Pte. Joseph Jackson British Army 6th Btn. Gordon Highlanders from:Louth My grandad, Joseph Jackson, joined the Camerons in 1915. He went to Inverness to train, then down to Ripon and became a full booted kilted jock. He was put on draft and transferred from the 3rd Camerons to the 6th Gordons. He arrived at Delville Wood in 1916 and went through all the fighting to the end of the war. He went over the top 21 times at Beaumont Hamel rock, Arras chemical works, Ypres, Bapaume - that was just a few. "Life was no picnic, I was a signals scout with a storming division of the 51st Highland Division. We had some hectic times. After four years I was demobbed having, I must say, a charmed life. Incidentally, I got a dose of gas but I was immune from any serious injury." He led a full life and died in 1959 indirectly from the "dose of gas" sustained in the war.
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