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Military service
Service number:
291387
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth:
December 5, 1883
Death:
November 14, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXII. DD. 2.
Additional information
Husband of Bessie Jackson, Ashington, Northumberland, England.
Digital gallery of Private Henry Jackson
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Henry Jackson
Photo of Henry before he left Canada. -
Group Photo
Names of people in Photo taken while in training with 222nd Battalion CEF: Spouler, Iskerwood, Henry Jackson, Taylor, Doman. -
Family photo
Henry with his daughters Mary and Annie with wife, Bessie taken in 1916 -
Badge
Henry's hat badge from the 222nd CEF Battalion -
Family photo
Henry with baby daughter Annie and wife, Bessie in 1916 -
Group Photo
Henry, 2nd from left with Drill Sergeant during training with 222nd CEF. Names of others in photo are unknown -
Photo of Henry Jackson
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Birthday Card
Birthday Card to Annie, his daughter, sent from the UK in 1916. Note on all his letters he signed his name as Harry which is what his family called him. -
Christmas Card
Christmas Card sent from France in 1917 - his last letter posted in early Nov 1917 on his way to the front shortly before his death. -
Birthday card
Birthday card sent from France in 1917 to his daughter Annie for her birthday on the 25th November, posted in August -
Letter
Letter to his wife dated 29th Sept 1917. Birthday presents mentioned for both his daughters Annie, her birthday in Nov 1917 and Mary, her birthday in Jan 1918 -
Letter
Letter to his wife in 1917 -
Memorial Plaque
Memorial Plaque sent to Henry's widow, Bessie, in 1921 by the Canadian Government. -
Attestation Papers
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Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Document
Papers showing his movements from Canada to England and his transfers to different units and circumstances surrounding his death. -
Document
Casualty Form - Active Service page 1 that detail Henry's movements from Canada to England and his transfers to different units and circumstances surrounding his death -
Document
Casualty Form - Active Service page 2 -
Document
Henry's embarkation card details (top) (bottom)Henry's casualty card from No. 10 CCS detailing his admitance, progres and death. -
Document
Henry's Hospital card front and back from No. 10 CCS showing his admittance and death. -
Letter
Henry's letter to his sister from France in 1917 -
Death notification
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Death notification
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Map
Map showing where Henry was mortally wounded and his evacuation route off the battlefield to Remy farm's No.10 CCS near Poperinge where he died and was buried. -
Family Photo
Four generations.<P> Front left: Bessie, Henry's widow <P> Back Left: Henry's daughter - Annie <P> Back Right: Annie's 2nd daughter Marilyn<P> Front Right: Marilyn's 1st daughter - Tracey<P> Picture taken in 1962 -
Cemetery plan
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Card
222nd CEF - Motto/creed - Henry's original overseas unit that he was part of when he arrived in England in 1916 -
Family Photo
Formal photo taken in 1916 of Bessie, Henry's wife, with her two daughters. Mary on her left who is still alive aged 92 living in Durban, South Africa. Annie on her right who died in 2006 in Sydney, Australia aged 90 years. Bessie died in 1965 aged 77 years in the UK. -
World War I Memorial Cross
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jackson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jackson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jackson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jackson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jackson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jackson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jackson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jackson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jackson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 262 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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