Robert Wilson Jackson
Service number
2131
Military unit
1/5th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Address
Enlisted in Doncaster.
Date of birth
Date of death
10 Jul 1915 (27 years old)
Place of birth
Newark on Trent
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
He was the son of Robert Blanchard Jackson, who was the village miller. His brother, Percy, who was ten years his junior, joined the Colours in 1917 and was commissioned as a Special Reserve Officer in June 1917; he survived the war to become a miller and later a farmer.
Military history
Killed at Ypres and buried in Talana Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (grave ref 2.F.2)
Extra information
Family memorial in St Laurence's church, Norwell (WMA27361): 'In loving memory of Corporal Robert Wilson Jackson of the 5th KOYLI who fell in action at Ypres on the 10th July 1915, aged 27 years. Requiescent in Pace'
Photographs
Robert Wilson Jackson - Norwell St Laurence church
WMA 27361) Photograph Rachel Farrand (May 2011)
Robert Wilson Jackson - Norwell St Laurence Church
WMA 27361. Photograph Rachel Farrand (May 2011)