John Jackson died of wounds on this day in 1917
John was born in 1890 in Burnley. Before the war he was employed as a cotton weaver but was conscripted into service in 1916. Initially he joined the East Lancashire Regiment (as 28410) in Preston before being transferred to the 11th Bn. Suffolk Regiment for active service.
Serving on the Western front from mid-1916, John saw action in the latter stages of the Battle of the Somme before transferring to the 9th Battalion of the same regiment.
Wounded in action by shell fire whilst trench holding in the front line near Mazingarbe on the morning of the 17th February 1917, John died of his wounds whilst undergoing treatment in Bethune on 18th February 1917.
From his Pension Card we learn that John was married and at the time of his death had two children. A third child was born six months after John's death.
John Jackson is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery.
50389 Pte. John Jackson, 9th Bn. Suffolk Regt.
18 February 1917 died of his wounds.
Original research by David O'Mara