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HAROLD JACKSON
BORN HULL 1900. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM & MATILDA JACKSON, OF 3, MAREHAM AVENUE, ENA STREET, HULL & 147A, COLTMAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WAS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 57631, 2ND LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT CAMBRAI, ON 26/10/1918, AGED 18 . HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MATILDA.
HE IS BURIED AT VILLERS-EN-CAUCHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "LOVE'S LAST GIFT REMEMBRANCE".
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