Lieutenant John Denison Jackson

Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Denison Jackson

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  Photo of John D. Jackson

  Lt. Jackson joined the QOR of C after D-Day as a replacement officer due to the large number of officer casualties in the first week of combat in Normandy. He was KIA on the final day of fighting for Carpiquet airfield. Close
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  Gravemarker of John D. Jackson

  This photo of Lt. Jackson's grave at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery was taken by Craig B. Cameron, Padre of the QOR of C, during Op Normandie Return in June 1994. Close
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  Obituary

  Lieutenant Jackson's obituary from a Toronto paper in July 1944. Close
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  Biography

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  Beny Sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery

  The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) Close
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  Memorial

  The Soldiers' Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower's base. In total, almost 1,200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers' Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. Close
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  Memorial Arch West

  The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers' Tower in 1949. The name of "Lt. J.D. JACKSON C.I.C." is among the names inscribed. Close
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  Memorial Room

  Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. Close
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  Memorial Book

  University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Edited by H. E. Brown, published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 33 reads: "Lt John Denison JACKSON The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Former student in Trinity College, Arts 1940-41. Killed in action in North West Europe, 9 July 1944. Buried in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, France." Close
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  Memorial Stele

  This stone stele is located in the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. "AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE. TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS." The name of "J.D. JACKSON" is among those inscribed. Close
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  Memorial Scroll

  This framed illuminated scroll, written in calligraphy, is entitled "Men and Women of Trinity College on Active Service. Met'Agona Stephanos". It hangs in the hallway outside the narthex of the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. Small symbols beside the names indicate men and women who are fallen, decorated, and prisoner of war. The list of names includes: '44 Jackson, J.D. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. Close
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  Newspaper clipping

  From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me Close