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Clarence Redhead Jackson was born in Beverley in 1900, his father Richard was a farm labourer, born in Holme on Spalding Moor in 1843; his mother Harriet (nee Stamp) was from Shiptonthorpe. They had four children, Clarence being the youngest. The family home was in Hind’s Yard, off Keldgate.
Clarence served as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). A photo of him in RAMC uniform appeared in the Beverley Guardian of 18 Nov 1916. Clarence appears to have enlisted under age, probably at the end of 1915 or early 1916. It is possible that, like many local men, he was in the 2nd Northumbrian Field Ambulance that was raised in Hull. His duties would have involved stretcher bearing and removal of casualties from the battlefield but it is not known where he served. He was awarded the War and Victory Medals.
Clarence returned to Beverley and became a tanner’s labourer. he married Ivy Pearson on 27 Nov 1920 at St Nicholas’ Church, Beverley, they had four children, the family home in the 1939 Register was 7 Thompson Avenue. Clarence’s date of birth is erroneously given as 1891 in the document.
Clarence died aged 64 in 1964. Ivy died in 1983. Clarence is remembered on the Keldgate Street Shrine along with his brother, Harry Jackson who served in the East Yorkshire Regiment during the war.
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