War Memorials Elsewhere, - West Walton, Norfolk

The War Memorial for West Walton (Norfolk)
(Photo : Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)

Richard Roberts (<richard@nosnailshere.co.uk>) has drawn attention to the name of one soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment on the West Walton (Norfolk) War Memorial. The names of the other soldiers can be seen on the photo below.

The Yorkshire Regiment name on this Memorial is;-

Private Benjamin Harold Jackson, 203030. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4230 Cambs Regt.. Son of Benjamin and Edith Ellen Jackson, of The Clippers Arms, Walton Highway, Wisbech, Cambs. Killed 4 September 1918. Aged 20.
Born Wisbech (Lincs), Enlisted Wisbech.
Buried GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(Shown on the War Memorial as Harold Jackson, as in SDGW and the Green Howards Gazette database. But shown as Benjamin Harold Jackson in the CWGC register. Also, Shown as "H Jackson, 203930" in SDGW; "H Jackson 203030" in GH Gazette d/b.)

The names on the War Memorial for West Walton (Norfolk)
(Photo : Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)

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