William Henry Jackson, Age 22
Private, 200369, 1821, 1/4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
K.S.L.I Regiment Cap Badge.
William was the youngest son of Mrs Jackson of 16 Sandy Bank Row, Dawley.
He had served for 4 years with the KSLI territorial's and had been formerly employed by Mr Williams, a greengrocer of Horsehay.
William was killed in action at Cambrai on January 11th 1918, the day after his twenty-second Birthday; a report appeared in the Wellington and Shrewsbury Journal on February 22nd listing him as being killed in action.
William's body was never found and his name now appears on the Thiepval Memorial Pier/Face 12A + 12D
WWI Medal Rolls Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves
Commemorated
Thiepval Memorial
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