Jackson John Henry Pte 4457963
Personnel Entry
Name Jackson John Henry
Army number 4457963
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his number suggests Spring 1939. Posted to the ?9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in the B.E.F. in Northern France. Taken Prisoner of War - date not recorded but probably 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)G 30/1/46.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions Lance Corporal. Best Company shot at Classification Shoot 3/1940.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag VIIIB and 344, PoW Number 24.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Swiss Cottage, Shotley Bridge, County Durham
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