Name
Frank Arthur (poss Augustus) Jackson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/05/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
35370
Essex Regiment
2nd Bn.
'C' Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 7.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
His parents were Mr and Mrs Frank Jackson of the Crown Hotel, Bancroft, Hitchin. He was unmarried.
He owned a Fish and Poultry business at Muswell Hill in London, which he had to close when he joined the Army.
Wartime Service
He was in ‘C’ Company in the 2nd Battalion of the Essex Regiment which was part of the 12th Brigade in the 4th Division of the 3rd Army.
Frank was reported missing having been lost in an attack on the Chemical Works near Roeux. Later a friend wrote from hospital to confirm that his death was caused by a shell.
He has no known grave and is remembered on Bay 7 of the Arras Memorial to the Missing in France.
Additional Information
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission show him as 'Frank Augustus Jackson’ and his Service Number was 35370.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines, Jonty Wild
