William Lindsay Jackson

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Rear-Admiral William L. Jackson as a Captain, December 1929.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Rear-Admiral William Lindsay Jackson, D.S.O., R.N. (15 July, 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
Horace L. Morgan 		Captain of H.M.S. Veronica
11 Aug, 1932[5] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
John H. Edelsten 		Captain of H.M.S. Galatea
3 Sep, 1935[6] – 15 Oct, 1935 		Succeeded by
Guy L. Warren
Preceded by
Guy L. Warren 		Captain of H.M.S. Despatch
15 Oct, 1935[7] – 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, 1934). p. 285.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 242.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.


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