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Edwin Jackson

In memory of:

Private Edwin Jackson

April 9, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

669222

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

75th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

November 25, 1883

Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson (nee Pipher), of Haddington; husband of Gladys E. Munro (formerly Jackson), of 216, Coxwell Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 262 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VII. F. 12.

Location:

Souchez is a village in the Department of the Pas-De-Calais, 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. It lies in the valley of the Souchez river, between the Lorette Bridge to the west and Vimy Ridge to the east. The CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of EDWIN JACKSON– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of EDWIN JACKSON – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Family Photo– Private Edwin Jackson, with Wife Gladys and Daughter Nora

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    Family Photo – Private Edwin Jackson, with Wife Gladys and Daughter Nora
  • Newspaper clipping– This article appeared a few days after the other Telegram May 1917 article. From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – This article appeared a few days after the other Telegram May 1917 article. From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Pte. Edwin Jackson's first name was accidentally misprinted in one of these articles.

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    Newspaper Clipping – Pte. Edwin Jackson's first name was accidentally misprinted in one of these articles.
  • Grave Marker– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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