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I am trying to find what happened to C DJackson born Oxford 1879 living Gloucestershire 1911 joined up for WW1 RoyalArmy Ordnance Corps. Have a picture of him with his 5 brothers all in uniform in Oxford paper. I have traced all the others but no record for him. Any help please. sonya

Hello Sonya, do you think he died during WW1 or did he survive the war?

EDIT: His short service attestation is on Ancestry. He was discharged after 8 days as unlikely to become an efficient soldier.

British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
Name: Charles Jackson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1882
Marriage Date: 27 May 1905
Marriage Place: Oxford
Age: 33
Document Year: 1915
Residence Place: Quennington, Nr Fairford Glos
Regimental Number: 7424
Regiment Name: Army Service Corps
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Number of Images: 6

He was married to Mabel Kate and had children Mabel, Doris and Stella.

British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920

Name: Charles Jackson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1882
Marriage Date: 27 May 1905
Marriage Place: Oxford
Age: 33
Document Year: 1915
Residence Place: Quennington, Nr Fairford Glos
Regimental Number: 7424
Regiment Name: Army Service Corps
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Number of Images: 6 ( couple are duplicates)

Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
Charles Jackson Self (Head)
Mabel Kate Jackson Spouse
Mabel Jackson Child
Dorris Francis Jackson Child
Stella Jackson Child

Enlisted 26 May 1915 at Cirencester
Joined at Woolwich on 31 May 1915
Discharged 2 Jun 1915 – not likely to become an efficient soldier

Mable b 24 May 1906 Birmingham
Dorrris Francis b 27 May 1911 Quennington
Stella b 20 May 1914 Quennington

Married Mable Kate Collins in Oxford 17 May 1905
........

So he was still alive on 2 Jun 1915!

There are a couple of records for a Denis Charles Jackson - might he have swapped his name around or this a completely different person?

Midland ER
Name: Denis Charles Jackson
Year: 1939
Ward or Division/Constituency: Moseley
Street address: Pitmaston Court East Flat
Residence Place: Birmingham

Flat 46 Pitmaston Court East
Sharing with Frederick Parker
........

London ER
Name: Denis Charles Jackson
Year: 1937
County or Borough: Hornsey
Ward or Division/Constituency: Wood Green West
Street address: 19 Gardens
Reference Number: MR/PER/C/0639

17 Summerlee Gardens N2
Renting from
James Jennings (owner occupier)
Living with
Annie Gertrude Jackson
Kathleen May Jackson

????
Name: Charles D Chapman
Birth Date: abt 1881
Date of Registration: Dec 1941
Age at Death: 60
Registration district: Hendon
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume: 3a
Page: 671

The above *might* be
Births Jun 1880 (>99%)
JACKSON Charles Duncan W W. Ham 4a 23

Thank you all very much. That completes my Jackson boys for WW1. I will have to find why he was not accepted as suitable...I know he was 35 when the war started so perhaps his age was against him (or for him probably) sonya

Over 70% of WW1 records were destroyed in WW2 bombing - the cause would have been included on his medical examination form which wasn't in the Pension Packet. There was no mention of a pension being paid.

As he lied about his age, he might have attempted to join later, perhaps under an assumed name, when they weren't quite so pickey about physical ability.

If you are trying to find his death, Mabel's DC ought to give her status - married, widow or single woman if divorced/separated. Divorce was very rare but did happen.

Name: Mabel K Jackson
Birth Date: abt 1887
Date of Registration: Jun 1961
Age at Death: 74
Registration district: Wolverhampton
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 9b
Page: 860

Thanks I will try Mabels record.