92269 Driver William John Jago, Royal Field Artillery.
- Amanda T
- Apr 25, 2021
- 2 min read
Identification
There were 5 possible entries for William Jago on the CWGC, one of them had 'other information' that showed he was from Liverpool, I used the parents' names from this information to identify him in the census returns and confirm that he lived in the Parish of St James' Church, Toxteth.
Family Information
William Jago was born in Bootle on the 10th November 1892 and baptised on 12th February 1893 in Liverpool, St George. His parents were Sydney George and Sarah Jago (formerly Adamson). Sydney George was a cabinet maker and they lived at 9 Essex Street, Bootle.
The 1901 census shows that the Jago family were living at 244 Whitefield Road in West Derby, Liverpool. Sydney George was enumerated as George Jago, he was still employed as a cabinet maker and he was born in Devon. Sarah was from Salop. William, aged 8 was their only child.
The 1911 census shows the family lived at 38 Upper Stanhope Street (very close to St James' Church). Sydney was again enumerated as George. William John Jago was an only child, aged 18 on this census and working as a fishmonger's assistant.
Military Information
William Jago's service papers are amongst the 70% of WW1 records that were destroyed in WW2 so we don't have many details of his service.
William's medal card shows that he was a driver in the Royal Field Artillery with the regimental number 92269. Being a Driver means that he would have worked with horses, rather than being a driver of a motor vehicle, the RFA used teams of horses to pull the heavy artillery guns.
The medal card also records that William went overseas to France on 18th July 1915.
We know that at the time of his death William was in 'D' Battery of the 3rd Brigade RFA. The 3rd Brigade went to France in February 1915 and moved to Salonika later that year, 'D' Battery originally went to France in January 1915 with 146 Brigade, moved on to Salonika in January 1916 and joined the 3rd Brigade on 19th August 1917 as 'D' Howitzer Battery. William could have joined either of these brigades when he went to France, they were both in the Ypres area at that time.
The medal index card records that William received the trio of campaign medals, the Victory Medal, British War Medal and the 1915 Star. The medals would have been posted to his next of kin (parents) after the war, along with a standard memorial plaque and scroll.
Death and Commemoration
Driver William J Jago died on 4th October 1918 in the 50th General Hospital, Macedonia which was at Kalamaria in Greece. A pension record shows that he died of Malaria and his mother Sarah, living at 66 Low Hill, was awarded a pension of 7 shillings per week from 22nd April 1919.
Malaria was the cause of over 160,000 British casualties in the Salonika campaign, click here to visit the National Army Museum website to find out more.
Driver William Jago was buried in Mikra British Cemetery in Greece.
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