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Joseph Jackson.
Joseph Jackson.
Photo: Thomas Jackson
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Item #: 14868
This picture is of my dad Joseph Jackson probably taken on the family pen where my dad and grand dad kept pigeons,chickens ducks and grew our own veg.My dad served with the 1st Manchesters and was captured in Singapore and became a prisoner of war for 3.5 years.He came home,married my mam and had jobs in textile mills and in Hindley Billiard Hall.He died in March 1963.

Comment by: Lyndsey Whittle on 20th May 2025 at 15:46

Is this picture of Joseph or Thomas? I think I could be related but not sure. I have a Joseph born in 1864 and Thomas 1866 to Thomas and Mary?

Comment by: Veronica on 20th May 2025 at 16:40

How sad that after coming home after the war and being a prisoner of the Japanese he must have been still young dying in 1963.

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