Thomas Jackson (Royal Navy officer)

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

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
RankAdmiral
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

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]

Family

In 1907 he married Mona Anna Murray.[2]

References
  1. "Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Jackson". The Dreadnought Project. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. "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. "Navy List April 1922". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  7. Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 169.
  8. Royal Navy Flag Officers 1914-1918
  9. Massie, Castles of Steel (2003), pp. 580–582
  10. "Thomas Jackson". The Dreadnought Project.
  11. "No. 33049". The London Gazette. 22 May 1925. p. 3445.

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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