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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 [ edit ]
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 1923 and was promoted admiral on the retired list in 1925.[10] [11]
In 1907 he married Mona Anna Murray.[2]
References [ edit ]
^ "No. 27150" . The London Gazette . 2 January 1900. p. 3.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times . No. 36085. London. 9 March 1900. p. 12.
^ Burt, pp. 85, 94
^ a b c "Navy List April 1922" . Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2010 .
^ Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War , p. 169.
^ a b Royal Navy Flag Officers 1914-1918
^ Massie, Castles of Steel (2003), pp. 580–582
^ "Thomas Jackson" . The Dreadnought Project .
^ "No. 33049" . The London Gazette . 22 May 1925. p. 3445.
Sources [ edit ]
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 .
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jackson_(Royal_Navy_officer)&oldid=1228453017 "
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