Leslie Walter Jackson

First Name: Leslie Walter Initials: L W Surname: Jackson DOB: Circa 1915 Age: 26 Nationality: British Date of Death: 27/04/1941 - 30/04/1941 Information: Parent: Grace Jackson, of Forest Gate, Essex. Rank: Signalman Service Number: 2585458 Service: British Army Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals Battalion: 1st Armoured Brigade Signals (2nd Armoured Divisional Signals).. Commemorated: Britain One of four men of a signal detachment who were killed in action at sea on 27 April 1941 when the Dutch troopship D.S.S. Slamat and the destroyers H.M.S. Diamond and H.M.S. Wryneck were sunk in air attacks east of the Peloponnese in the evacuation during the Battle of Greece. The others from this detachment who were killed were Lance Corporal E. G. Jones and Signalmen F. L. Richards and G. H. V. Wood. Thirty-one Royal Signals all ranks from several units were lost