Personal Details
Born: 23 June 1886 in Hinstock, Shropshire.
Family: He was the eldest of four children born to William Jackson, a farm labourer, and his wife Mary. He married Minnie Elizabeth Thelwell in 1943 in Whitchurch, Shropshire; no children can be confirmed for the marriage.
Education: He attended Whixall County Primary School from 1893.
Residence: In 1891 he was living with his family in Mill Green, Hinstock, Market Drayton, Shropshire; by 1901 they had moved to 26 Watergate Street, Whitchurch. He lived from at least 1911 until his death at 5 Deermoss Road, Whitchurch.
Employment: In 1915 he was a gardener; in 1920 a railway worker working for the London and North Western Railway and in 1939 he was a general labourer.
Died: 12 January 1952 in Whitchurch, aged 65 and was buried on 16 January the same year in Whitchurch cemetery.
Military Details
Regiment: King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Rank: Private
Service Number: 22431
Date of Enlistment: 4 December 1915
Date of Discharge: 10 June 1916
Reason for Discharge: Unlikely to become an efficient soldier
None awarded as did not serve overseas