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Alfred Jackson

In memory of:

Private Alfred Jackson

October 5, 1917
Mont St Eloi, Pas-de-Calais, France

Military Service

Service Number:

657658

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

19th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

March 26, 1891
Bala, Muskoka, Ontario

Son of Alfred and Euphemia C. Jackson.

Commemorated on Page 262 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. K. 18.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Alfred , Wilfred and Jackson ,WW1, Alfreds grave in Ecoivre ,France and the military parade marching down Younge St. Toronto,Ont.

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    Grave Marker – Alfred , Wilfred and Jackson ,WW1, Alfreds grave in Ecoivre ,France and the military parade marching down Younge St. Toronto,Ont.
  • Document– Boy Scout Camp named in honour of Alfred Jackson

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    Document – Boy Scout Camp named in honour of Alfred Jackson
  • Photo of Wilfred Jackson– Jackson men through WW1 and WW2

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    Photo of Wilfred Jackson – Jackson men through WW1 and WW2
  • Newspaper clipping– Muskoka Herald 18-Oct-1917

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    Newspaper clipping – Muskoka Herald 18-Oct-1917
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    Newspaper clipping
  • Group Photo– Pte Alfred Jackson, left, with brothers Wilfred, middle, and Stewart, right from a photo labelled “Fred, Wilf, and Stew"

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    Group Photo – Pte Alfred Jackson, left, with brothers Wilfred, middle, and Stewart, right from a photo labelled “Fred, Wilf, and Stew"
  • Bala Cenotaph– Private Jackson is the only WW1 Soldier listed on the Bala Cenotaph.

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    Bala Cenotaph – Private Jackson is the only WW1 Soldier listed on the Bala Cenotaph.
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