Lionel Sadleir-Jackson | |
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Born | 31 December 1876 |
Died | 21 May 1932 (aged 55) Peronne, France |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1898–1925 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Unit | 9th Lancers, Army Signals Corps |
Commands | 10th Battalion, London Regiment 55th Brigade North Russia Relief Force |
Battles / wars | Second Boer War World War I Russian Civil War |
Awards | Companion 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.