Local WW2 Memorials
Cobham Tilt Memorial
Stuart Fraser Jackson
| Surname: | Jackson |
| Forename: | Stuart Fraser |
| Age: | 28 |
| CWGC Date of Death: | 27 May 1940 |
| Rank: | Company Quartermaster Serjeant |
| Regiment / Service: | Royal Army Service Corps |
| Battalion / Unit: | 23 Div. Supply Column |
| Service Number: | T/162530 |
| Memorial to the Missing: | Dunkirk Memorial |
| CWGC Plot Reference: | Column 132. |
| Additional Information: | Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Jackson; husband of Martha S. Jackson, of South Norwood, Surrey. Served with 23rd (Northumbrian) Division, which arrived in France in April, 1940 to provide labour for the construction of airfields and defences. Killed on board S.S. Abukir, a 689-ton steamer torpedoed and sunk by E-Boat S-34, survivors machine-gunned in the water with the aid of a searchlight. Around 25 survivors were later rescued by Royal Navy destroyers. |
| Memorial: | Cobham |
| Links: | SS Abukir WW2Talk: The sinking of SS Abukir |
| CWGC Website Link: | https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2502121/ |
| Memorial Tree Number: | 21 |
