John Jackson (1887-1918)
Wheatley Hill miner served in 21 Northumberland Fusiliers died a POW buried in Cologne
John Jackson, the son of Ralph and Elizabeth Jackson, was born in Monk Hesleden in 1887. He had two brothers and three sisters and lived most of his life in the Wheatley Hill area of Durham until he enlisted in the 21st Battalion (2nd Tyneside Scottish), Northumberland Fusiliers.
Nothing can be established about his war service but he was captured by the enemy at Albert, France probably during the Somme Offensive in 1916, He was sent to a prisoner-of-war (POW) camp and died on 7 January 1918. He was buried in the cemetery at Altenhunden, Germany but was subsequently re-interred in the Cologne Southern Cemetery
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Civil Parish: Wingate
Birth date: 1887
Death date: 07-Jan-1918
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: West Terrace, Monk Hesleden, Durham (1891 census)
9 Arne Street, Wheatley Hill, Durham (1901 census)
9 Sunderland Street, Wheatley Hill, Durham (1911 census)
Employment: Coal miner (1911 census)
Family: Father: Ralph Jackson
Mother: Elizabeth Jackson (nee Stubbs)
Siblings: Elizabeth Frances, Susan E, Sarah Isabel, Barningham Ralph and Robert Jackson
Military service:
21st (2nd Tyneside Scottish)Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
Service No: 21/263
Private
Medal(s): British War Medal
Victory Medal
Memorial(s): Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Grave Ref: V.C.7
1914-1918 Organ & Plaque, All Saints Church, Wheatley Hill
1914-1918 Cross, Wheatley Hill Cemetery
1914-1918 Cross, Wheatley Hill Miners’ Welfare Hall
Gender: Male
Contributed by John Edwards