Hello, I'm researching my family history and am trying to get some information and documentation about my Grandfather, Harry Jackson, who lived at 285 Whiteacre Road, Hurst, Ashton Under Lyne. His recorded date of birth is 28th April 1896. He was my maternal grandfather and lived with us (I was a child) in Poole, Dorset, from mid 1930s until his death in 1976. He had some medals which were kept in a drawer but they were given away.
The only record of a Harry Jackson whose details appear to be similar on Ancestry & Find My Past are for a Harry Jackson who is older and lived at 245 Whiteacre Road. Surprisingly, there were two Harry Jacksons living in the road who entered the military but the one whose details I can find at 245 Whiteacre Road is not my grandfather.
There appear to be no signing up papers or a medal record in the online archives for my grandfather, it's as if it never happened.
Stories from my parents are that he was on the battlefield and his horse fell on him, one of his duties was to ferry materials and supplies to the front lines and that he was gassed on one occasion.
I am assuming, or investigating firstly, that he signed up for the 1st World War locally in Ashton as he was working in the cotton mills, as were the rest of his family, and they didn't move out of the area until the 1930s when he came for work to Dorset with his wife and daughter. I have no details of any battles or operations that he was involved in.
I am sorry that the information is vague but it's not for the want of searching so I would be very grateful for any pointers that you could give. Thanks in advance Tim McClellan
