Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 22, 1916

Mexborough Man at Fricourt

Private A. Jackson
(Northumberland Fusiliers)

Private Albert H Jackson (Northumberland Fusiliers) of 30 Lower Dolcliffe Road, Mexborough, writes was as follows:

“I have pleasure in writing you from Netley hospital to tell you a few of my experiences in the great advance began on July 1st. I was in it until I got wounded by a Hun shell, and I thank the Lord that I’m alive, for the shell which wounded me killed six of my comrades.

That was on the night of 11 July. I was in the charge with my Regiment and other regiments in the division, that took Fricourt and the two woods against it.

I seem to bear a charmed life in all these charges. We lost heavily, but the Germans had hundreds, killed, wounded and dying. We took hundreds of Prussian infantry, and killed our share.

I finally got it in the right shoulder, left leg, and back. This is my second time out of action. I got wounded at Ypres in May 1915.”