LC control no. | nb2008019875 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Jackson, Mike, 1944-2024 |
Variant(s) | Jackson, Michael, 1944-2024 Jackson, Michael David, 1944-2024 |
Associated country | Great Britain |
Birth date | 1944-03-21 |
Death date | 2024-10-15 |
Place of birth | Sheffield (England) |
Affiliation | Great Britain. Army |
Profession or occupation | Generals |
Found in | Soldier, 2007: t.p. (General Sir Mike Jackson) p. 3 (born ... just ten weeks before D-Day, 6 June 1944) New York times, viewed Oct. 29, 2024: obituary dated Oct. 24, 2024 (Michael Jackson; Gen. Michael Jackson; full name: Michael David Jackson; born March 21, 1944, in Sheffield, England; died Oct. 15, 2024; a former head of the British Army who famously disobeyed an order by his American superior during the Yugoslav wars; author of 2007 autobiography Soldier; graduated from the Stamford School, an independent boarding school, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; commissioned an Army officer in 1963, in the Intelligence Corps; earned a degree in Russian studies from Birmingham University; transferred to the paratroopers in 1970; served in Northern Ireland as a young officer; commanded the Parachute Regiment's First Battalion from 1984 to 1986 and was a leader of the United Nations' peacekeeping force in Bosnia between 1995 and 1996; promoted to full general in 2000; became chief of the general staff, the professional head of the British Army, in 2003; named a Knight Commander of the Bath in 2008) |