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Gnr. Jackett, Owen John Wesley

Gunner

Date of Birth: Q2, 1887, Swansea
Occupation: Motor Body Builder (1911)
Employer: John Jackett, Coach builder (His father)
Enlisted - Date: Form
Other service: 1271, Pte, 2nd Welsh R
Date Died: 31/10/1914
How Died: Killed in Action (Welch R)
Awards: 14. BWM. VIC. (Welch R)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Q2, 1887. Swansea. Parents - John (fr Cornwall) & Sarah

1891 -

1901 - 8 The Grove, Uplands, Swansea. 13yo. W parents & 3 sibs

1909 - Went to Aus

Cambrian, 28/5/1909 (Newspapers.com)

Returned June 1910 (Adelaide - London). Occ-Builder

1911 - 8 The Grove, Uplands, Swansea. 23yo. Occ-Motor Body Builder, Motor Works. Boarder

1914 - Killed in Action, Gheluvelt, nr Ypres, 31/10/1914.

Remembered on the Menin Gate and at Danygraig Cemetery

Address:
8 The Grove Uplands
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

No SR

Formation recruit, 3rd Battery (later 1st Battery)

Summer camp 1908, advance guard & witnessed accident at Llanfairfechan

Likely left to go to Australia in 1909

Welsh Regiment

1913 - Joined the Reserve in March 1913, Cardiff. Pte no 1271.

France - 21/9/1914

1914 - Killed in Action, Gheluvelt, nr Ypres, 31/10/1914. 2nd Bn (although some reports say 3rd)

Mr J Jackett, watchmaker, of Swansea, has received from the War Office news of the death of his son, Pte Owen Jackett, of the 3rd Welsh, while in action on October 31. A letter dated two days after his reported death from Pte Jackett contained the sentences, "We are going into the firing line today. We can hear the big gun quite plainly. Tell dad not to worry about me. I will be all right."

South Wales Daily News, 12/12/1914 (Newspapers.com)

1st Welsh Unit: 1st Glamorgan Battery

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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