Trooper Francis William Jackson, 2705

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  • Unit - Household Battalion
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  • Date of Birth - 1898
  • Died - 05/10/1917
  • Age - 19

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Walter and Clara Ann Jackson. Before the war Francis had been a Baker in his fathers baker business in Eaton, Leics. He was killed instantly when a shell exploded in a trench.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Household Battalion
  • Former Unit - Royal Horse Guards
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Commemoration - Tyne Cot Mem., Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • Born - Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
  • Enlisted - Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
  • Place of Residence - Eaton, Leicestershire, England
  • Memorial - ST. DENY'S CHURCH, EATON, LEICS
  • Memorial - EATON SCHOOL MEM., LEICS
  • Memorial - VILLAGE HALL MEMORIAL, EATON, LEICESTERSHIRE

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