posted on 2024-01-16, 17:20authored byLest We Forget Project Team
Arthur Jackson lived in Bradford. He was in the Royal Engineers. The wedding photo shows him with his wife Ada. He was a photographer and he survived the war. In the 1930s Arthur went on the Bradford and Leeds Pals pilgrimage to the Somme and surrounding area which was where he served.
History
Name of contributor(s)
Helen Clark (granddaughter)
Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to
Arthur Jackson
Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place
1914-1918
Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place
Somme, Ypres
Object(s)
Diaries, wedding photo, books of postcards from Arras, demob papers, clippings from Yorkshire Observer, Bible with Lord Roberts' message, modified spoon shaped for cutting.