Royal Air Force
Born: 14th July 1920.
Story
Stanley Jackson was the son of World War One veteran, Edgar Jackson (1895-1947) and his wife Hilda Firth (1894-1980), who married on 2nd August 1919 in Kippax. Edgar served with the Connaught Rangers in the First World War, and was captured in Bulgaria, and held as a prisoner of war.
Before the Second World War, Stanley was living with his parents at 8 Hollis Row, Mount Pleasant, and was working as a Bookkeeper Clerk for a Leadworks Company. During the War whilst on leave in 1943, Stanley married Norah Ward (1924-2011) in Allerton Bywater (below left). Norah’s maternal uncle was John Crossland (1913-1997) who was also serving in the War effort. After the War, some ex-service men formed a rugby team in Kippax, and Stanley joined them (picture below right. Stanley is bottom row centre). Stanley passed away in 1995. Their son Stephen still lives locally.
Kippax Roll of Honour 