Thomas Jackson (Royal Navy officer)

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Sir Thomas Jackson
Born20 February 1868
Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Died7 July 1945 (1945-07-08) (aged 77)
London, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankVice-Admiral
Commands heldHMS Thunderer (1911)[1]
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Royal Victorian Order

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Jackson, KBE, CB, MVO (20 February 1868 – 7 July 1945) was a senior Royal Navy officer during World War I.

Naval career[]

Born the son of Admiral Sir Thomas Sturges Jackson,[2] Jackson joined the Royal Navy in 1881. He was promoted to commander on 31 December 1899,[3] and in early 1900 was posted in lieu of a lieutenant to the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Revenge,[4] stationed in the Fleet Reserve at Chatham Dockyard.[5]

During the Russo-Japanese War, Jackson was a military observer stationed on the Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Azuma, and was present at the Battle of Tsushima. After the war, he was promoted captain in 1905,[6] and remained as a military attaché in Tokyo in 1906.[7]

In 1913 he became the Director of the Intelligence Division of the Admiralty War Staff and then served in World War I becoming Director of the Operations Division in January 1915.[8] He played a key role in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, providing Admiral Jellicoe with incorrect information that the German High Seas Fleet appeared to have remained in harbour.[9] Promoted to rear admiral in June 1916,[6] he was made Flag Officer, Egypt & The Red Sea in July 1917.[8] He was promoted to vice admiral in March 1920.[6] He retired in 1925.[7]

Family[]

In 1907 he married Mona Anna Murray.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Jackson". The Dreadnought Project. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Jackson". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. ^ "No. 27150". The London Gazette. 2 January 1900. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36085. London. 9 March 1900. p. 12.
  5. ^ Burt, pp. 85, 94
  6. ^ a b c Navy List April 1922
  7. ^ a b Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 169.
  8. ^ a b Royal Navy Flag Officers 1914-1918
  9. ^ Massie, Castles of Steel (2003), pp. 580–582

Sources[]

  • Burt, R. A. (2013). British Battleships 1889–1904. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-065-8.
  • Kowner, Rotem (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4927-5.

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