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VC1263    Norman Cyril Jackson

Name   Norman Cyril Jackson    No.      

VC Issue No.   1263   Awards   VC    

Regiment   Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 106 Squadron

Later    

Now   

Rank VC Won    Sergeant

Rank End Of Career   Warrant Officer

Place Of Birth   Ealing, West London, England

Place Of Death   At his home, Burton's Road, Hampton Hill, Middlesex, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Percy Road Cemetery, Twickenham, Middlesex, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   6 April 1994

Headstone   Headstone     Plot/Grave no.   Section O, Class A, Grave 181

Gazetted    26 October 1945

VC Presented   13 November 1945 by King George VI at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Percy Road Cemetery, Twickenham, Middlesex, England

P  Named on VC RAF Memorial at St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London

Norman Jackson Family Centre, Windmill Road, Hampton Hill, West London

P  Jackson Crescent, Innsworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

By The Way…

Having recovered from his injuries from his VC action, he made a second successful escape from a POW camp, retuning home on VE day

VC Held By

Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.

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BORN    8 April 1919

DIED  26 March 1994   AGE    74

VC Won   26 April 1944   AGE   25

Place VC Won   Schweinfurt, Germany

War/Campaign   Second World War

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