Pte. Frederick William Jesson (see 27th March) was home on leave. Jesson was from Lidget Green, Bradford and had enlisted at the age of 22, while working as a warp dresser in the Bradford textile mills of Messrs. Isaac Holden Ltd. His father, Frederick snr., worked as a tram conductor, and Frederick jnr. had three younger sisters. Whilst home on leave, according to the later recollection of his sister, Annie, she had asked him about whether he had made a will. She recalled that he had replied, “Yes, of course, we all make a will before we go out”. When she asked to whom he had made it out, he confirmed, “My mother of course, who do you think I’d made it to?”.
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Thursday 24th June 1915
Pte. Frederick William Jesson (see 27th March) was home on leave. Jesson was from Lidget Green, Bradford and had enlisted at the age of 22, while working as a warp dresser in the Bradford textile mills of Messrs. Isaac Holden Ltd. His father, Frederick snr., worked as a tram conductor, and Frederick jnr. had three younger sisters. Whilst home on leave, according to the later recollection of his sister, Annie, she had asked him about whether he had made a will. She recalled that he had replied, “Yes, of course, we all make a will before we go out”. When she asked to whom he had made it out, he confirmed, “My mother of course, who do you think I’d made it to?”.
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