Epona

I know this thread has been dead a long time, but I only just found it and had to reply. If only I'd found the thread a few years ago I could have helped a lot..maybe not in the military facts, but certainly in the genealogy records. Bernard Ivo Jackson was my 2nd Cousin 2x Removed. I only found this site recently when I was tying up some loose ends, making sure I had all his info for the file I keep on family WW1 soldiers and casualties, of which I'm in the long process of archiving this summer for future generations of my family to enjoy. Bernard was born in New Buckenham as you discovered, but his father Henry died when he was very young and the family moved back to the Thetford area. His mother Emma's maiden name was Chase(my surname) and there was a nest of us Chase lot in the Croxton area near Thetford which filtered out to the surrounding Thetford area. So although Bernard was born in New Buckenham his family always gravitated back to the Thetford area with a brief stretch out to Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk...still not that far from there as the crow flies. Bernard had a couple of sisters, one of which he was living with in Thetford in 1911. That sister, Sarah, had married a 'Lockwood', another family with origins in Croxton. And his other sister Ada ended up marrying her cousin James Chase from the Yorkshire branch of the family, later in life. James came back from WW1 much the worse for wear. Anyway, I was incredibly touched by the thought and care that went into this thread and the actions for the memorial stone etc. It's nice to find that so many people still care about this kind of thing. Thank you. Edited to add: I joined this forum in 2011(apparently) when I wanted to read some info on here and see some photos for something else I was looking into...didn't have a clue about this thread then, sadly.