Lionel Sadleir-Jackson

Lionel Sadleir-Jackson
Born31 December 1876
Died21 May 1932 (aged 55)
Peronne, France
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1898–1925
RankBrigadier General
Unit9th Lancers, Army Signals Corps
Commands10th Battalion, London Regiment
55th Brigade
North Russia Relief Force
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
World War I
Russian Civil War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order & Bar
Mentioned in Despatches
Légion d'honneur
Croix de Guerre (France)

Brigadier General Lionel Warren de Vere Sadleir-Jackson CB, CMG, DSO & Bar, FRGS (31 December 1876 – 21 May 1932) was an officer of the British Army who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War with distinction before taking command of the North Russia Relief Force which supervised the withdrawal of allied troops from the North Russia Campaign in the Russian Civil War.

A highly decorated officer, Sadleir-Jackson was wounded several times during his military service and later went on to become Inspector of Levies in British territories in the Middle East. He retired in 1925 but died in a vehicle accident during a tour of First World War battlefields in 1932.