John Jackson died of wounds on this day in 1917
John was born in 1890 in Burnley. He was the son of Robert Jackson, a Club Steward, and Rebecca Baxter. He had 5 older, and 6 younger, siblings.
In 1907, John married Clara at the Burnley Registry Office and, the same year, their first son, Alan, was born. They had two more children - Frank in 1915 and Hilda in 1917 (after John's death). Hilda only survived for one year.
In 1911, their 3 year old son Alan was living with his grandparents (and 12 others) at 270 Accrington Road in Burnley, whilst his parents, John and Clara, lived nearby at number 265.
John and Clara, both aged 21, worked as Cotton Weavers. This probably explains why Alan was with his grandparents.
John was conscripted into service in 1916. Initially he joined the East Lancashire Regiment, service no. 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, the morning of the 17th February 1917. John died of his wounds whilst undergoing treatment in Bethune on 18th February 1917.
John Jackson is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery.
50389 Pte. John Jackson, 9th Bn. Suffolk Regt.