VIVIAN CHARLES JACKSON

Rifleman 010567

Vivian Charles Jackson was born on 16 January 1899 in Newton Ferrers, the son of Charles, a fisherman, and Ellen Jackson.� He was baptised at Holy Cross Church on 17 January 1897.

At present, no details are available of his military service.� At the time of his death he was a member of the 1^st /8^th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment.� This battalion was raised in Newport, Isle of Wight in August 1914, and was known as the Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice�s.�

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission database records that he died in Egypt on 24 January 1920 aged 21.� He is remembered with honour in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, and also on the headstone of his sister Dora Carpenter in Holy Cross churchyard.