Jackson, John Montague Hammick | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Jackson, J. M. H.

Forename(s):

John Montague Hammick

Surname:

Jackson

Date of Death:

Wednesday, August 18, 1915

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5th Battalion

Military Training:

Officers’ Training Corps, Armstrong College

Biography

John was born in Torquay, Devon. He was the son of Colonel Montague Bertie Gosset Jackson, and Blanche Jackson. He also had a sister, Violet Mary.

John applied for a commission on the outbreak of war and was gazetted Second Lieutenant to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5th Battalion on 26th August 1914. He was later promoted to Lieutenant on 20th May 1915.

John appears to have been wounded in battle on June 22nd 1915, and died of his wounds on 18th August 1915 aged 20.

Addresses before and during the war

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Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Holly Johnson, Amy Shiel