Name
Theophilus Rudolph Jackson (MC)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/03/1918
41
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Military Cross
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Sp. Memorial. A. 5.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 18 Jun 1876 in Ashton, Cheshire son of Frederick James and Mary Anne (Davies) Jackson. Educated at Haileybury College 1890-95. After service in South Africa he lived in Rhodesia as a civil servant and returned to England on 17 Mar 1915. He married Janet Jordan Beattie (later Mrs Lindsay) of 5 South Learmouth Gardens, Edinburgh in Jun 1915 and they lived at 34 Rawlinson Road, Southport, Lancashire.
Wartime Service
He was gazetted on 8 Jun 1915 2nd Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, entered France on 26 Jul 1915 and died of wounds.
Military Cross (London Gazette 29 Dec 1916).
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
