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Military service
Service number:
166355
Age:
33
Rank:
Pioneer
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
2nd Pioneer Battalion.
Birth:
March 10, 1883
St. Helen's, Lancashire, England
Enlistment:
October 23, 1915
Haileybury, Ontario
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Caroline Jackson of North Cobalt, Ontario. He was a stationery engineer in civilian life.
Digital gallery of Pioneer William Jackson
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Inscription
William Jackson's inscription on the Vimy Memorial. Photo by Ken Riley -
Vimy Memorial
View of Vimy Memorial which includes William Jackson's place of honour. Photo by Ken Riley -
Vimy Memorial
Mother Canada above William Jackson's place of honour on the Vimy Memorial, France, April 9, 2014. Photo by Ken Riley -
War Memorial
First World War Fallen from Cobalt Ontario. Photo by Ken Riley -
Memorial
Cenotaph, Major Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario. Photo by Ken Riley -
War Memorial
"Algonquin Regiment" Army Cadets standing guard, Cenotaph, Major Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario, Nov 11 2014. Photo by Laura Landers. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Pioneer William Jackson
Digital gallery of
Pioneer William Jackson
Digital gallery of
Pioneer William Jackson
Digital gallery of
Pioneer William Jackson
Digital gallery of
Pioneer William Jackson
Digital gallery of
Pioneer William Jackson
Digital gallery of
Pioneer William Jackson
Digital gallery of
Pioneer William Jackson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 108 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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