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Revision as of 21:32, 9 December 2017

Rear-Admiral William Lindsay Jackson, D.S.O., R.N. (1889 – 12 August, 1962) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1910.[1]

Jackson was appointed as Gunnery Officer in the monitor Prince Eugene on 2 August, 1915.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1918.[3]

Jackson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1929.[4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Guy L. Warren
Captain of H.M.S. Despatch
15 Oct, 1935[5] – Jul, 1937
Succeeded by
Edward L. S. King

 

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1918). p. 99.
  2. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397c.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 99.
  4. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 44.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.