Henry Jackson (British Army officer)
General Sir Henry Cholmondeley Jackson KCB CMG DSO (12 August 1879 – 19 October 1972) was a British Army General who achieved high office in the 1930s.
Sir Henry Jackson | |
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| Born | 12 August 1879 |
| Died | 19 October 1972 (aged 93) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | First World War |
| Commands held | 50th (Northumbrian) Division 5th Infantry Brigade 2nd Division Western Command |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Military career
Jackson was commissioned into the 1st Bedfordshire Regiment in 1899.[1] He then became Adjutant at the Mounted Infantry School at Longmoor in 1908.[1] He became General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Division on the Western Front in April 1918 during the First World War.[2]
After the War he became Commander of 5th Infantry Brigade from 1919[2] and then Commandant at the Machine Gun School at Netheravon from 1924 before moving on to become Director of Military Training at Army Headquarters in India in 1926.[1] He became General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in 1931 and then General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Western Command in 1936 before retiring in 1939.[1]
He was Colonel of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment from 1935 to 1948.[3]
He lived at Piddletrenthide near Dorchester in Dorset.[4]
Family
In 1919 he married Dorothy Nina Seymour.[4]
References
- "Henry Jackson". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- "Colonels". The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- The Peerage.com
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Percival Wilkinson |
GOC 50th (Northumbrian) Division 1918–1920 |
Succeeded by Sir Percival Wilkinson |
| Preceded by Thomas Cubitt |
General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division 1931–1935 |
Succeeded by Archibald Wavell |
| Preceded by Sir Walter Kirke |
GOC-in-C Western Command 1936–1939 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Haining |
| Preceded by Sir Robert Haining |
GOC-in-C Western Command May–June 1940 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson |