Medal card : Pte. - 25th London Regt.
Medal Roll : 25th London R. Pte., Attached to 18th London R. 1(a)
France 31.7.16 to 31.8.16.
Posted to 10th London R. 4(b) Egypt 28.12.17 to 21.11.18., K.A.
21.11.18.
In Memory of
Private JOHN HENRY JACKSON
741184, 25th Bn., London Regiment (Cyclists)
who died age 19 on 21 November 1918
Son of John Henry and Amelia Jackson, of 433, Fulham Palace Rd., Fulham, London.
Remembered with honour BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Lebanon
was taken from the Turks in 1918 by Commonwealth
forces with small French and Arab detachments.
Beirut
was occupied by the 7th (
Meerut
) Division on 8 October 1918 when French warships were already in the
harbour, and the 32nd and 15th Combined Clearing Hospitals were sent to
the town. One section, originally known as
Beirut
British
War
Cemetery
, was begun in October 1918 and was later enlarged when graves were
brought in from other burial grounds in the area. The older part of the
adjoining section, originally known as
Beirut
(
Saida Road
) Indian and
Egyptian
Cemetery
, contains three memorials to soldiers of the Indian army and the Egyptian
Labour Corps who died during the First World War. This section was later
extended for Second World War burials, and the two sections combined under
the name of
Beirut
War
Cemetery
. Commonwealth burials and commemorations at
BEIRUT
WAR
CEMETERY
now total 628 for the First World War and 531 for the Second World War.
This Cemetery is located on Jalloul, in the Assas
Area which is to the west of the
Forest
of
Pines
. The cemetery is next to a French cemetery and near to an electricity
company and is divided into two seperate sections for First World War and
Second World War burials, on opposite sides of the road. GPS Co-ordinates:
33.869765, 35.505313 (or +33° 52' 11.15" N, +35° 30'
19.13" E)
[Courtesy of
Commonwealth War Graves Commission]
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