Forenames:
Rear Admiral William Lindsay
Family Name:
Jackson
Gender:
- Male
Date of Birth:
15th July 1889
Date of Death:
12th August 1962
Grave:
Birth Record:
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Notes:
Found on 1891 census, aged 1, living with parents and grandparents at The Lawns, Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex, with 7 domestic staff.
Known as Lindsay Jackson
Can't find certain marriage record
Awarded Distinguished Service Order in 1918 for "Services in Monitors and Destroyers of the Dover Patrol"
Was captain of H.M.S. Despatch 1935-1937.
Page about him on Dreadnought Project
Pictures at National Portrait Gallery
During WW2, he was stationed in Ankara, as a Naval Atache to Turkey