Name
George Jackson (MM)
1891
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/02/1919
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
24251
Royal Engineers
59th Field Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Military Medal
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY
IV. E. 27.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial Addenda, Not on the Bygrave memorial
Pre War
George Jackson was born in 1891 in Bygrave, nr Baldock, Hertfordshire, the son of William and Elizabeth Jackson (nee Barwick) of Bygrave, Hertfordshire. He was baptised on 23 October 1892 at St Margaret's Church, Bygrave. He was one of fourteen children, but nine had died in infancy.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at North Road, Bygrave where his father was working as a carpenter. By 1911 they had moved to 50 Common View, Letchworth at which time, George was working as a bricklayer.
Wartime Service
He was already a serving soldier at the outbreak of war, having been a cavalryman with the 9th Lancers between 1911 and 1912. He transferred to the Royal Engineers in 1913, serving with the 59th Field Company in France from 20 November 1914, initially as a Sapper and later being promoted to Corporal. It is believed he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field on 7 February 1919, the same day as he died, (details unknown).
George died from illness (probably Spanish flu) on 7 February 1919 while on his way home to England, and is buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £27 10s and pay owing of £25. Pension records exist in relation to George and his brother William but give no indication of the amount of pension paid.
Brother to William Jackson who served with the Bedfordshire Regiment and died on 11 April 1915.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, www.roll-of-honour.com
