Peart Jackson A/ Sgt 4450826
Personnel Entry
Name Peart Jackson
Army number 4450826
Rank Acting Sergeant.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1902/3.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1938. Posted ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted 10th Battalion DLI, probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Reported missing. Known to have been taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940 - official notification received 10/8/1940. Apparently repatriated early to the UK - possibly due to illness. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 8/12/1944.
Company/Battery Company not yet ascertained.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Platoon Sergeant.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Sergeant.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 20A (7), PoW Number 18685.
Died/Killed in action Died 1/3/1945 aged 42. Buried in Crook Roman Catholic Cemetery - Grave 205. Headstone inscription reads "WHERE MY TREASURE IS, THERE WILL MY HEART BE ALSO.REST IN PEACE, DEAR ONE".
Home address No family details as yet.
Source table 10DLI
