Thomas Jackson (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Thomas Jackson
Born 20 February 1868
Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Died 7 July 1945 (1945-07-08) (aged 77)
London, England
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Rank Vice-Admiral
Commands held HMS Thunderer (1911)[1]
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Knight 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.

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. ↑ The Dreadnought Project
  2. 1 2 The Peerage.com
  3. ↑ "No. 27150". The London Gazette. 2 January 1900. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36085). London. 9 March 1900. p. 12.
  5. ↑ Burt, pp. 85, 94
  6. 1 2 3 Navy List April 1922
  7. 1 2 Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 169.
  8. 1 2 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. ISBN 0-8108-4927-5: The Scarecrow Press. templatestyles stripmarker in |location= at position 1 (help)
Military offices
Preceded by
Alexander Bethell		 Director of Naval Intelligence
1912–1913		 Succeeded by
Henry Oliver
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