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Burdon Robertson Jackson

In memory of:

Gunner Burdon Robertson Jackson

August 9, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

48179

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Field Artillery

Additional Information


Son of James and Jane Jackson, of Hamilton, Ontario. Late of Sunderland, England.

Commemorated on Page 572 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

Plot 2. Row A. Grave 80.

Location:

Corbie is a small town 15 kilometres east of Amiens. Go north from the town centre taking the D1 (Rue Gambetta) in the direction of Bray. You will arrive at a set of traffic lights with the hospital diagonally on your left. Continue, taking the second turning on your right onto the Rue des Longues Vignes (VC6). The cemetery lies about 800 metres on the left and the extension is east of the Communal Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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