Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Frederick Grant Jackson
In memory of:
Flight Lieutenant Frederick Grant Jackson
August 4, 1944
Military Service
J/6209
26
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
273 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Operational Wings posthumously awarded 25 October 1946.
Additional Information
June 2, 1918
Hillandale, Ontario
October 24, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Son of John Edgar and the late Esther (née Banting) Jackson of Ballycroy, Ontario. Brother of Doris Elizabeth and Pilot Officer Ross Banting Jackson, J-19031, killed in action, 22 October 1943.
Commemorated on Page 343 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
India
5. E. 8. Special Memorial
Ranchi is a town in the State of Bihar some 400 kilometres north-west of Calcutta. It can be reached by air from Delhi, Calcutta and a number of other cities. RANCHI WAR CEMETERY is on Old Hazari Bagh Road about 1.5 kilometres from Ranchi railway station. It is situated next to the Christian cemetery near Kantatoli Chowk. The RANCHI WAR CEMETERY entrance being several metres off the road can easily be missed, and few taxi drivers know the way. Visitors should contact their hotel manager for guidance. There is no residential Caretaker on site and the gate is locked between 5pm and 8am. During working hours the cemetery register can be obtained from one of the gardeners.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of Frederick Grant Jackson – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Correspondence – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Photo of FREDERICK GRANT JACKSON – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of FREDERICK GRANT JACKSON – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Biography – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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