Private
John Jackson
Military Details
Service Number: 19170
Regiment & Unit / Ship
1st. Border Regiment
Enlisted
9th January 1915
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
9/1/1915
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
31 Fletcher Street, Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
1st.
Service Number at Enlistment
19170
Service History
John Jackson was on board the troop ship Royal Edward to the enroute to the Dardenelles when it was was torpedoed by a German submarine on August 13 1915. Almost 900 men died. They are commemorated on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.
Personal Details
Date of Birth
22 December 1891
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E/Methodist
Address
31 Fletcher Street, Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
31 Fletcher Street, Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
31 Fletcher Street, Cleator Moor
Parents
John & Jane Jackson (nee Mitchell)
Siblings
Joseph , Jane, Samuel, Annie, William, Mary, Elizabeth
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Labourer above ground
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
13th August 1915
Age at Death
24
Circumstances of Death
Died at Sea
Place of Death
At Sea
Theater of Action
Dardenelles
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
1st.
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
HELLES MEMORIAL Panel
Turkey
Grave Position: 120 to 126 or 222 and 223.
Private Memorial: Methodists church Cleator Moor/St Johns War Memorial
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