JACKMAN, Reginald Charles

Credit: Susan Rand-Lakritz

Private

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Reginald was born 1912 in Newport to George & Alice Berta (formerly DOWNER nee FRY) JACKMAN. At one time the family lived at 60 Worsley Road, Hunnyhill in Newport, with Reginald attending Hunnyhill School.

Reginald, aged 31, was Killed in Action on the 12th of March 1944 & is buried in the Khayat Beach War Cemetery in Israel beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription: “ALWAYS AFFECTIONATELY REMEMBERED BY MUM, BROTHERS AND SISTERS”. Reginald rests alongside 690 of his Second World War comrades.

Reginald is also remembered on the Newport War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.