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NAME:                      Jesson, Joseph James
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Labour Corps (formerly 31633 3rd Battalion Hampshire Regiment)
BATTALION ETC:             80th Company
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         424388
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action/Died of wounds 1st December 1917
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Joined September 1916.
                           Son of William & Mary A Jesson of West Bromwich.
                           Husband of Annie Jesson of 1 Greyfriars Villia's, Lower Brook Street, Winchester (pension card).
                           Married 12th August 1899 at West Bromwich.
                           Father of Elsie Jesson of 32 Hyde Close, Winchester.
                           In 1911 family living at 7 Tantany Lane, West Bromwich.
                           Born: West Bromwich, Staffs. Enlisted: Winchester, Hants.