Jackson, James

Name: James Jackson

Born: 1885, Borrowash (detail TBA). Son of George & Maria Jackson.

Name: Private James JACKSON,

Regiment: 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 83047, Sherwood Foresters)’

Regimental Number: G/19430.

Rank: Private

Death: killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 24th April 1918.

Buried: Crucifix Corner Cemetery, X. E. 11., Villers-Bretonneux, France.

There is doubt about George’s date of death. His wife wrote to the War Office asking for confirmation of the date. The letter is very faded with time and, possibly, made fainter by the scanning process. The date she wrote is has either faded or been obscured by War Office marks.

She received a formal reply on 12th December 1919, stating: “A report has been received from the War Office, to the effect that it is now accepted that he was killed in action or died of wounds on, or shortly after, 24th April 19xx (1918).”

Marriage: 26th September 1907.
Parish Church, Ockbrook, Derbyshire, James Jackson, age 22, bachelor, gardener,Borrowash, father, George Jackson, gardener, married Annie Shaw, age 20, spinster, Borrowash, father, John Shaw, labourer.

Children – James Jackson, born 5th February 1908, born Borrowash, Derbyshire.

George Jackson, born 28thMarch 1910, Borrowash, Derbyshire.

1911 Census – Elm Street, Borrowash, Derbyshire.

James Jackson, head, age 26, married, nursery gardener,worker, born Ockbrook, Derbyshire;
Annie Jackson, wife, age 23, married 4 years, 2 children, both still alive,cotton reeler, factory, worker, born Spondon, Derbyshire;
James Jackson, son, age 3, born Ockbrook,Derbyshire;
George Jackson, son, age 1, born Ockbrook, Derbyshire.

Military Service: Enlisted Long Eaton, Derbyshire, age 31 years & 1 month, height 5ft 2½, weight 114lbs. Resided Elm Street,Borrowash, Derbyshire. Formerly gardener.

Injuries: Home 4th December 1915 to 25th June 1917; BEF 26th June 1917 to 24th April 1918.
4th December 1915, enlisted; 1st March 1918 to 23rd March 1918, Derby Military Hospital, admitted whilst on short leave from BEF for severe trench feet.

Family: In a Ministry of war Document “Statement of Relatives” the following names are listed, all living in Elm Street, Borrowash, the document is dated 17th November 1920.

ADDRESS – Elm Street, Borrowash

Annie Jackson (Widow), Elm Street, Borrowash;

James Jackson (Son), born 5th February 1908,

George Jackson (Son),born 28th March 1910,

John Kniveton, (Stepfather)

Maria Kniveton (Mother)

John Herbert (Half Brother), age 22

Ada Whyman (Sister ), age 45

Harry Whyman, (18), Oswald James Whyman (12), Bernard Whyman (9) (Nephews)

Annie Jackson’s Widow’s Pension:

James’s military record includes a record of Annie’s Widow’s Pension:

22nd August 1918: Separation Allowance of 24/6 payable to widow will cease.
23rd December 1918: Widow’s Pension of 25/5 a week awarded to widow & two children.