Major-General George Hanbury Noble Jackson (20 December 1876 – 4 September 1958) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Neuenhein College, Heidelberg and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Jackson was commissioned into the Border Regiment on 20 February 1897. He saw action at the Relief of Ladysmith and the Battle of Spion Kop in January 1900 and at the Battle of the Tugela Heights in February 1900 in South Africa during the Second Boer War.

George Jackson (British Army officer)

He served initially as a staff officer and then as commander of the 87th Infantry Brigade from January 1918 during the First World War.

George Jackson (British Army officer)

He became commander of 7th Infantry Brigade at Salisbury Plain in November 1923 and General Officer Commanding the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in September 1931 before retiring in September 1935.

George Jackson (British Army officer)

Family

In 1917, he married Eileen Dudgeon.

References

1876 births

1958 deaths

British Army major generals

Companions of the Order of the Bath

Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George

Companions of the Distinguished Service Order

Border Regiment officers

British Army generals of World War I

Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst

British Army personnel of the Second Boer War