Private Sidney Jackson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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
- Private (Army). 1916-01-04 ?
- 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
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CWGC ID: 296810
LAC ID:
478944
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