Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Arthur John Jackson
In memory of:
Signalman Arthur John Jackson
July 18, 1944
Military Service
D/24154
Army
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Additional Information
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
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
XIV. G. 4.
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Arthur John Jackson circa 1943 -
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Group Photo – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Circumstances of death – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – D24154 Signalman Arthur John Jackson KIA - Montreal Newspaper article -
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Photo of Arthur John Jackson – D24154 Signalman Arthur John Jackson (left), England -
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Photo of Arthur John Jackson – D24154 Signalman Arthur John Jackson KIA_ Telegram to his mother Elsie Jackson in Montreal -
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Photo of Arthur John Jackson – D24154 Signalman Arthur John Jackson KIA_War Diary of J Sect Signals of 2 Cdn Infantry Division (attached to 4 Cdn Infantry Brigade in the village of Verson) for 18 July 1944 & excerpt from 1944 topo map showing burial site -
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Photo of Arthur John Jackson – D24154 Signalman Arthur John Jackson -
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Photo of Arthur John Jackson – D24154 Signalman Arthur John Jackson - Personal effects returned to his mother Elsie Jackson -
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Photo of Arthur John Jackson – Nephew Bob Jackson at grave of D24154 Signalman Arthur John Jackson
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