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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Jackson J.
|Army number=4458709
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=3/12/1918
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, enlisted 15/1/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Iceland, Posted ? Bn DLI, Class B Release 24/11/1945, ?Re-Enlisted DLI 1945, Trf Pioneer Corps 7/1/48, Docs to Bournemouth 20/1/48, Posted No 6 H T U,
|Joined Brigade=15/1/1940
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born 3/12/1918 at Houghton-le-Spring.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 8/1/1940.  Posted to No. 3 Holding Battalion DLI 11/5/1940.  Posted to No.2 Infantry Base Depot 15/1/1940.  Posted to Y List 15/6/1940.  Posted to Y List Infantry Training Centre 19/7/1940. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 29/8/1940.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Wounded. Evacuated beyond First Aid Post 16/7/1944.  Returned to the UK.  Posted to No. 4 Infantry Training Centre 8/9/1944.  Transferred to 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters 21/9/1944 on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion DLI.   Transferred to the Pioneer Corps and struck off the strength of the Sherwood Foresters 4/1/1945.  Posted to No.6.Training Unit 4/1/1945.  Posted to 258 Company.  Posted to 239 Company 4/4/1945 and served North West Europe.   Posted Y/E List and struck off strength of 239 Company.  Posted to 12 HTU 24/11/1945 for Class A release.  Granted Class B Release 24/11/1945.  Relegated to Class W Reserve 24/11/1945.  Discharged under TA Regulations 234.1  Demobilised.  Army General Reserve 10/2/1954.  Discharged from Reserve liability 30/6/1959.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 8/1/1940.  Posted to No.2 Infantry Base Depot 15/1/1940.  Posted to No. 3 Holding Battalion DLI 11/5/1940.  Posted to Y List 15/6/1940.  Posted to Y List Infantry Training Centre 19/7/1940. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 29/8/1940.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Wounded. Evacuated beyond First Aid Post 16/7/1944.  Returned to the UK.  Posted to No. 4 Infantry Training Centre 8/9/1944.  Transferred to 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters 21/9/1944 on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion DLI.   Transferred to the Pioneer Corps and struck off the strength of the Sherwood Foresters 4/1/1945.  Posted to No.6.Training Unit 4/1/1945.  Posted to 258 Company.  Posted to 239 Company 4/4/1945 and served North West Europe.   Posted Y/E List and struck off strength of 239 Company.  Posted to 12 HTU 24/11/1945 for Class A release.  Granted Class B Release 24/11/1945.  Relegated to Class W Reserve 24/11/1945.  Discharged under TA Regulations 234.1  Demobilised.  Army General Reserve 10/2/1954.  Discharged from Reserve liability 30/6/1959.
 |Joined Brigade=15/1/1940
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.

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 |Joined Brigade=15/1/1940
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
+|Age=63 at the time of his death.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet ascertained.
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 |Wounded=Yes - in Normandy - date not recorded.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Death registered in Sunderland July 1982 aged 63.
-|Home address=Working as a Miner at his enlistment. Father T Jackson.  Resident at 54 Burdon Street, Ryhope Colliery, Houghton - le - Spring.  Married 29/5/1943 to Margaret Ashman at Holy Trinity Church, Houghton- le- Spring.
+|Home address=Working as a Miner at his enlistment. Father Thomas Jackson (1888 - ), mother Hannah Kennedy (1890 - ).  Resident at 54 Burdon Street, Ryhope Colliery, Houghton - le - Spring.  Married 29/5/1943 to Margaret Ashman (1918 - 2013) at Holy Trinity Church, Houghton- le- Spring.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born 3/12/1918 at Houghton-le-Spring.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 15/1/1940.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Wounded. Posted to ? Battalion DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  Returned to the UK. Granted Class B Release 24/11/1945.  ? Re-Enlisted DLI 1945, Transferred to the Pioneer Corps 7/1/48, Docs to Bournemouth 20/1/48, Posted No 6 H T U. Discharged 30/6/1959.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 8/1/1940.  Posted to No. 3 Holding Battalion DLI 11/5/1940.  Posted to No.2 Infantry Base Depot 15/1/1940.  Posted to Y List 15/6/1940.  Posted to Y List Infantry Training Centre 19/7/1940. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 29/8/1940.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Wounded. Evacuated beyond First Aid Post 16/7/1944.  Returned to the UK.  Posted to No. 4 Infantry Training Centre 8/9/1944.  Transferred to 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters 21/9/1944 on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion DLI.   Transferred to the Pioneer Corps and struck off the strength of the Sherwood Foresters 4/1/1945.  Posted to No.6.Training Unit 4/1/1945.  Posted to 258 Company.  Posted to 239 Company 4/4/1945 and served North West Europe.   Posted Y/E List and struck off strength of 239 Company.  Posted to 12 HTU 24/11/1945 for Class A release.  Granted Class B Release 24/11/1945.  Relegated to Class W Reserve 24/11/1945.  Discharged under TA Regulations 234.1  Demobilised.  Army General Reserve 10/2/1954.  Discharged from Reserve liability 30/6/1959.
 |Joined Brigade=15/1/1940
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
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 |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet ascertained.
-|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
+|Task or role=Probably initially Rifleman.  Pioneer.  Passed Trade test as a Driver/Mechanic Group D Class II 28/1/1943.
 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Yes - in Normandy - date not recorded.
-|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
+|Prisoner of War=No.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Home address=Working as a Miner at his enlistment. Father T Jackson.  Resident at Ryhope Colliery, Houghton - le - Spring.  Married 29/5/1943 to Margaret Ashman at Holy Trinity Church, Houghton- le- Spring.
+|Home address=Working as a Miner at his enlistment. Father T Jackson.  Resident at 54 Burdon Street, Ryhope Colliery, Houghton - le - Spring.  Married 29/5/1943 to Margaret Ashman at Holy Trinity Church, Houghton- le- Spring.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Home address=Working as a Miner at his enlistment.
+|Home address=Working as a Miner at his enlistment. Father T Jackson.  Resident at Ryhope Colliery, Houghton - le - Spring.  Married 29/5/1943 to Margaret Ashman at Holy Trinity Church, Houghton- le- Spring.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 {{Personnel
-|Surname and forenames=Jackson J.
+|Surname and forenames=Jackson James
 |Army number=4458709
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
-|Date of birth=3/12/1918
+|Date of birth=Born 3/12/1918 at Houghton-le-Spring.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 15/1/1940.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Wounded. Posted to ? Battalion DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  Returned to the UK. Granted Class B Release 24/11/1945.  ? Re-Enlisted DLI 1945, Transferred to the Pioneer Corps 7/1/48, Docs to Bournemouth 20/1/48, Posted No 6 H T U.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 15/1/1940.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.?  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  Wounded. Posted to ? Battalion DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  Returned to the UK. Granted Class B Release 24/11/1945.  ? Re-Enlisted DLI 1945, Transferred to the Pioneer Corps 7/1/48, Docs to Bournemouth 20/1/48, Posted No 6 H T U. Discharged 30/6/1959.
 |Joined Brigade=15/1/1940
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
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 |Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
 |Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=Yes - Normandy - date not recorded.
+|Wounded=Yes - in Normandy - date not recorded.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).  No details yet.
+|Home address=Working as a Miner at his enlistment.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}