George Jackson (British Army officer) explained

George Jackson
Birth Date:20 December 1876
Death Place:Kenya
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1897−1935
Rank:Major-General
Branch:British Army
Commands:87th Infantry Brigade
7th Infantry Brigade
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
Unit:Border Regiment
Battles:Second Boer War
First World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order & Bar

Major-General George Hanbury Noble Jackson (20 December 1876 – 4 September 1958) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Neuenhein College, Heidelberg and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[1] Jackson was commissioned into the Border Regiment on 20 February 1897. He served as adjutant of the Imperial Light Infantry in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and took part in the expedition to relieve Ladysmith seeing action at the Battle of Spion Kop in January 1900 and at the Battle of the Tugela Heights in February 1900.[2] He was wounded but soon returned for duty.[3]

He served initially as a staff officer and then as commander of the 87th Infantry Brigade from January 1918 during the First World War.[2]

He became commander of 7th Infantry Brigade at Salisbury Plain in November 1923 and General Officer Commanding the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in September 1931 before retiring in September 1935.[4]

Family

In 1917, he married Eileen Dudgeon.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Obituary: Major-General G. H. Jackson, The Times, 6 September 1958
  2. Web site: Jackson, George Hanbury Noble. Anglo-Boer War. 15 June 2020.
  3. The War - Casualties. 29 March 1900 . 8 . 36102.
  4. Web site: Army Commands. 13 June 2020.