6th December 2015 Edward Jackson Edward was born in Stamford in 1900 and lived at 6 Newtown with father John Edward, mother Matilda and three younger siblings (all born in Stamford) as well as George, his father’s brother. His father worked at Blackstone’s as a blacksmith’s striker but in 1911 Eddie was still at school. No record has been found of his war service. The Jackson family were still in Newtown in 1916 but there are no further details.