Rear Admiral William Lindsay Jackson (1889-1962)

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: 

Quarter: 

July-September

Year: 

1889

Registration District: 

Source: 

FreeBMD

Death Record: 

Quarter: 

July-September

Year: 

1962

Registration District: 

Source: 

FreeBMD

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