South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

Corporal 614059 Paul JACKSON - 15th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (1st/1st Warwick Battery)


Killed in Action Wednesday April 11th, 1917 aged 27

 Military History

Theatre

France & Flanders

Action/Battle/Other

Battle of Arras

Place of Death

east of Tilloy

 

Medals

1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

October 1914 at Warwick

 

Other Information/Previous Regiments/Units

Army Reservist, arrived in France on 31 Oct 1914

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The war diary is brief but it states that the battery were at Map Reference 51b.n.2.b.60.90 which was just east of Bois Des Boeufs (Boeufs Wood) near Tillloy when Paul (who is named) was killed by enemy shell fire.
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 Tilloy area map  Tilloy Cemetery

 Personal & Family History

Birth Date & Place

Jul Qtr 1890 Warwick

Baptism Date & Place

17 Sep 1890 Warwick, St Nicholas

Parents

James Thomas and Alice Jackson
Bishops Tachbrook

Schools & Colleges

Leamington College for Boys

Wife & Marriage

  • Mabel nee Bradford
  • Jul Qtr 1914 at Warwick

Children

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Occupations

  • 1901 - School
  • 1911 - Customs and Excise
  • 1914 - Excise Office, Leamington Spa

Address History

  • 1890 - 34 Coton End, Warwick
  • 1901 - 74 Emscote Road, Warwick
  • 1911 - 8 Elmbourne Road, Upper Tooting
  • 1914 - Chapel Hill, Bishops Tachbrook

Other Information

 Brother of Francis Jackson who also fell