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25 Apr 2024 | |
Written by Jeremy Elsworth | |
1944 |
Phillip enlisted in 1943 in the Royal Corps of Signals and was attached to 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment when they landed in France as part of the Normandy landings on D-Day+37. He was to witness little of the serious fighting in his first few days in France but that changed on D-Day+42 [Tuesday 18th July 1944] when he was killed in action at the age of 31. Philip is buried in Hermanville War Cemetery, Hermanville-sur-Mer, France.
Husband of Freda Marjorie Jackson: son of Josiah Jackson & Ada Mary Jackson.
A copy of Phillip's brief story may be downloaded here.
See also the Commonwealth War Graves Commission permanent digital memorial, ‘Evermore: Stories of the fallen’ relating to:-
Driver Phillip Bennett JACKSON