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Private Sidney Jackson

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Jackson, Sidney
Date of birth: 1896-06-12
Place of birth: Manchester England
Next of kin: W. H. Jackson (father,) 422 Bleury Street, Montreal, Quebec
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Electrician
Occupation (normalized): Electrician, General
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Thelus Military Cemetery, IV. C. 3.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 748332
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1916-01-04 ?
  2. Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: While on a Brigade Carrying Party at Vimy Ridge, he was instantly killed by enemy shell fire.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 296810
LAC ID: 478944
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B4754-S056
Uploader's Notes: Son of William Henry Jackson, of 127, Bolton Rd., Walkden, Manchester, England.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 117th Battalion Private Army Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-17