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JAMES JACKSON
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN JACKSON AND ANN KILKENNY, OF 7, OSBORNE STREET, HULL.
EDUCATED AT THE CASTLE HOWARD REFORMATORY SCHOOL (1901 CENSUS).
EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY WOOD WAREHOUSEMAN. HE LIVED AT 7, PEEL YARD, KIRKGATE, HUDDERSFIELD.
HE ENLISTED AT HUDDERSFIELD. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/6959, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/10/1915, AGED 27.
COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY CUNNINGHAM AND THEIR FIVE CHILDREN. SHE MOVED TO 16, BAILEY STREET, SHEFFIELD (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 22/6 SHILLINGS.
HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 10/11/1915. *
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