WILLIAM JACKSON

Rank:	Carpenter's Crew
Service Number:	M/14935(Dev).
Regiment:	H.M.S. "Colossus." Royal Navy
Died	Sunday 30th December 1917
Age	39
From	Thingwall.
County Memorial	Heswall
Commemorated\Buried	Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery Grave\Panel Ref: B. 73.
Country	United Kingdom

William's Story.

Birkenhead News 09 January 1918

DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

News has been received in Heswall from the Admiralty that Mr. William Jackson, who was a carpenter in the Navy, has died from illness whilst on active service. Mr. Jackson was an old member of the Heswall Football and Cricket Clubs, the Young Men’s Club, and the Heswall Brass Band. The funeral took place in a Naval cemetery on Tuesday, full Naval honours being given.