Arthur Lambert Jackson

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Rear-Admiral Arthur Lambert Jackson, R.N. (25 August, 1887 – 4 November, 1956) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Jackson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1909.[1]

Jackson spent the first three months of the war in Sealark. After some time at the Boys Overflow Training Establishment, Portsmouth, he was placed in Endeavour as first officer in May 1915.

Jackson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1917. He left Endeavour when he was appointed to the Hydrographer Department to support minelaying operations in June 1918.[2]

Jackson was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1922.[3]

Jackson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1930.[4]

Jackson was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 June, 1940.[5]

In late 1941, Jackson was suffering great pain from gastritis.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles W. Tinson
Captain of H.M.S. Iroquois
30 Jan, 1925[6][7] – early 1928[8]
Succeeded by
John D. Nares
Preceded by
Edward F. B. Law
Captain of H.M.S. Iroquois
24 Jan, 1931[9][10] – Jan, 1932[11]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
John A. Edgell
Assistant Hydrographer of the Navy
1 Oct, 1932[12] – 20 Jul, 1936[13]
Succeeded by
Edward F. B. Law
Preceded by
Edward F. B. Law
Assistant Hydrographer of the Navy
? – 10 Feb, 1942[14]
Succeeded by
John D. Nares

Footnotes

  1. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
  2. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
  3. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
  4. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
  5. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
  6. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 249.
  8. This is inferred from a difficult-to-read Service Record and Nares's date of appointment.
  9. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 247.
  11. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
  12. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
  13. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
  14. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.