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Name : Walter Henry Jessop.
Son of Samuel Jessop and Annie Jessop (née Mew), of Church Road, Niton. Born 1890, Godshill. |
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Census Information :
1891 : Sam and Annie Jessop, with their children including Walter aged 7 mths, are at 2 Jenamine Cottages, Godshill. Sam Jessop is a Rural Letter Carrier (Army Pensioner). 1901 : Sam and Annie Jessop, with their children including Walter aged 10, are at The Village, Godshill. Sam Jessop is a Rural Postman. 1911 : Sam and Annie Jessop, with their children including Walter aged 20, are at Church Road, Niton. Sam Jessop is an Army Pensioner, Walter Jessop is a Toolman (domestic). |
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Service details : Driver 584 Walter Henry Jessop, 1st/4th Hants Bty., Royal Field Artillery. |
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Died : 17 April 1916 aged 25 Buried at : Maala Cemetery, Yemen. CWGC record ... |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 07 Niton Parish War Memorial Niton Parish Hall Roll of Honour Niton St John's Church Parish War Memorial |
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Documents :
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, April 29, 1916 Page 1 Killed in Action, &c. JESSOP. - April 17, at Aden, of malarial fever, Driver W.H. Jessop, 4th Hants (Howitzer) Battery, R.F.A., 2nd Wessex Brigade, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jessop, of Church-street, Niton, aged 25. Page 3 THE ISLAND AND THE WAR NITON Driver W.H. Jessop, 4th Hants (Howitzer) Battery, R.F.A., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jessop, of Church-street, Niton, died of malarial fever at Aden, on April 17th, at the age of 25. |
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Acknowledgments :
Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
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Page last updated : 6 July 2013 - added to website |
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