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Harold Jackson

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Died when: 26 years 83 days (314 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Harold Jackson

Sergeant Harold Jackson VC (31 May 1892 - 24 August 1918) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

A soldier with the East Yorkshire Regiment, he was awarded the VC for his actions in March 1918, during the German spring offensive of the First World War.

He was killed in action five months later.


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