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Harry Jackson was born in Hull in 1894, the second of four children born to Richard Jackson, born in Holme on Spalding Moor in 1843, and his wife, Harriet (nee Stamp) born in Shiptonthorpe in 1861. Richard was a farm labourer but by the time of his youngest son’s wedding in 1920, had become a groom. The family lived in Hind’s Yard, Keldgate. Harry is recorded in the 1911 census as being a golf caddie at the Beverley Golf Club, Westwood.
According to a photo feature in the Beverley Guardian of 6 Oct 1917 Harry served in the East Yorkshire Regiment. There were in fact five “Harry Jacksons” in the regiment during the war and it is possible that Harry was one of them. He may have served in some of the Hull Pals Battalions (and possibly taken part in actions at Serre in Nov 1916 and Oppy Wood in May 1917) but could also have been in the 7th. He would have received the War and Victory Medals but little else is known of his army life.
After the war Harry returned to Beverley, an unmarried “Harry Jackson” is recorded living at 50 Lairgate in the 1925 Electoral Register but he cannot be traced after this time which may indicate that he moved away and died elsewhere. Harry’s younger brother, Clarence Jackson also served in the war in the RAMC, both brothers are commemorated on the Keldgate Street Shrine.
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