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Lance Corporal JOHN JACKSON

Service Number: 18846
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 December 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEUDICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

D. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Jackson, of 82, Broad St., Mile End, Glasgow. Native of Bridgeton, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription THE WORLDLY HOPES MEN SET THEIR HEARTS UPON TURN ASHES
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Buried or commemorated at

HEUDICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 85
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