Basic Details
Surname
Jackson
Forenames
David Victor
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra detail. A solicitor's clerk in Halifax, he was wounded in the thigh in 1917 when he was treated in Newport Hospital. He was then slightly wounded in the head in June 1918 before being hit in the chest by shell fragments on 29tyh September, dying the following day in 43 Casualty Clearing Station. He is also commemorated on IWM 2620.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Highland Light Infantry
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Beaulencourt
Cemetery
Thilloy Road Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
September
Day of death
30
Age at death
23
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds