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Jackson, W.M.
to
Jones, M.J.U.

 

W.M. Jackson  to  M.J.U. Jones
Jackson,
William Martin
W.M. Jackson (Photo courtesy of Mr Ronald Gamble) W.M. Jackson (Photo courtesy of Mr Ronald Gamble)
W.M. Jackson (Photo courtesy of Mr Ronald Gamble)
From Fortview, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		01.04.1939 [89643]
WS/Lt.
 		01.01.1941
WS/Capt.
 		01.06.1943
T/Maj.
 		01.06.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Maj.
 		?
A/Lt.Col.
 		< 04.1946
Maj. RARO
 		21.05.1949, seniority 01.04.1949
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		21.05.1949
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 25.11.1943
 Middle East
Military Cross MC
 20.01.1942
 Middle East
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 04.04.1946
 NW Europe
Education: junior staff course (jsc)



late Cadet Corporal, Sedburgh School Contingent, Officer Training Corps
01.04.1939

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Supplementary Reserve
24.08.1939

mobilized
?
 		-
 		?
 		Z Troop, 6th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (SR)
?
 		-
 		21.05.1949
 		Supplementary Reserve of Officers
21.05.1949
 		-
 		?
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Jacob,
 Sir Claud William
 C.W. Jacob
° Wikipedia
° obituary
° papers
21.11.1863
Mehidpore, Bombay, India
-
02.06.1948
King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London
...
 		...
Field Marshal
 		30.11.1926

GCB (1926); GCSI (1930); KCB (1917); KCSI (1924); KCMG (1919); CB (1915)

...
 -
 		...
...



no active WW II service known, but carried on in the Army List
Constable Tower of London, 19.02.1938-18.03.1943. Colonel, 2/10 Baluchstan Regiment, 14.12.1928.
Jacobs,
Carlo Lionel
C.L. Jacobs
?
-
2nd Lt.
 		14.06.1941 [190793]
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942
A/Capt.
 		13.10.1943-(04.1944)
T/Capt.
19.06.1945-(04.1946)
14.06.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
1944
 		-
 		1945
 		Adjutant, 18th Medium Regiment RA
Jacobs,
Julius
J. Jacobs
?
-
Lt.
 		09.01.1943 [257887]
WS/Capt.
 		09.01.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Maj.
01.10.1945
Education: MB
09.01.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
Jacobs,
Robert Thomas Edward
R.T.E. Jacobs
Son of William George and Mary Lizzie Jacobs.
 		?
-
10.02.1945
(KIA)
[Venray War Cemetery, Netherlands, II.D.10]
Cadet
 		? [14612314]
2nd Lt.
 		15.07.1944 [324297]
WS/Lt.
?
Served Metropolitan Police (London).
15.07.1944

commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
?
 		-
 		10.02.1945
 		attached 4/5th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers
James,
Manley Angell
M.A. James
Son of Dr John Angell James and Emily Cormell James.
Married (1928) Noreen Cooper, Bristol; one son.

biography at Clifton Football Club History
 		12.07.1896
Odiham, Hampshire
-
23.09.1975
Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol
[cremated at Canford Cemetery]
T/2nd Lt.
 		01.12.1914-27.06.1915
T/Lt.
 		28.06.1915-21.02.1917
T/Capt.
 		22.02.1917-10.12.1920 (demobilized 28.10.1919)
Lt.
 		11.12.1920, seniority 01.07.1917
Capt.
 		27.05.1925
Maj.
 		25.12.1936
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		01.07.1938
Lt.Col.
 		10.01.1939
A/Col.
 		22.03.1940-21.09.1940
T/Col.
 		22.09.1940-11.12.1941
Col.
 		12.12.1941, seniority 01.07.1941
A/Brig.
 		19.07.1940-18.01.1941
T/Brig.
19.01.1941-06.07.1944,
27.07.1944-30.06.1948
Brig.
 		01.07.1948 (retd 01.03.1951)
Victoria Cross VC
 28.06.1918
 Velu Wood, Northern France 21.03.18
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 05.08.1943
 Beja, Tunisia
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE
 12.06.1958
 HM's birthday 58
Military Cross MC
 14.09.1917
 Messines Ridge
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 22.05.1917
 ?
1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star & Clasp (8th Army); Italy Star; Defence Medal 39-45; War Medal 39-45; King George VI Coronation Medal (1937); Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (1953); Civil Defence Long Service Medal
 		Education: Bristol Grammar School; Staff College, Camberley (1931-1932)
1915
 		-
 		1918
 		served with the 8th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment in France & Belgium [07.1915-03.07.1916 & 01.1917-23.03.1918]; wounded three times; missing in action, POW in Poland
11.12.1920

commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment 
11.12.1920

permanent commission
12.12.1925
 		-
 		14.12.1928
 		Adjutant, ...
(06.1933)     2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (Catterick)
21.11.1934
 		-
 		08.12.1936
 		General Staff Officer for Weapon Trainng (Class CC), Aldershot Command
09.12.1936
 		-
 		09.01.1939
 		Brigade Major, 13th Infantry Brigade, Northern Command (Catterick Camp)
10.01.1939

transferred, The Royal Sussex Regiment
10.01.1939
 		-
 		21.03.1940
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment
22.03.1940
 		-
 		17.07.1940
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 54th Infantry Division
19.07.1940
 		-
 		18.02.1941
 		Brigadier General Staff, VIII Corps
20.02.1941
 		-
 		20.09.1943
 		Commander, 128th (Hampshire) Infantry Brigade (UK, North Africa, Italy) [except for 21.5-10.6.1943] (wounded)
1943
 		-
 		1944
 		Brigadier Infantry, Middle East
1944
 		-
 		1945
 		Brigadier General Staff (Training), Home Forces
24.07.1945
 		-
 		10.1945
 		Commander, 140th Infantry Brigade (UK)
1945
 		-
 		1948
 		CRO Air HQ British Air Forces Occupation (Germany)
1948
 		-
 		1950
 		Director of Ground Defence at the Air Ministry
Played for Clifton Football Club. Employed as Works Defence Officer, Bristol Aeroplane Company, 1951-1961. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Gloucestershire 1957. DL, Avon, 1974. AFICD.
Jeffries,
Philip Waterman
"Phil"
 P.W. Jeffries
Married Kay Harvey (predeceased him), of Rickmansworth and formerly Walsall; children (three sons, two dauthers?).
 		1914 ?
-
23.12.2006
[age 92]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		15.06.1940 [134688]
WS/Lt.
 		15.12.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Capt.
 		06.06.1943-(04.1944)
T/Capt.
 		?
Hon Capt.
 		< 04.1946
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 23.09.1943
 North Africa
?
 -
 		15.06.1940
 		170th Officer Cadet Training Unit
15.06.1940

commissioned, The Cheshire Regiment [emergency commission]
04.08.1941

transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
21.08.1943

transferred, Royal Army Service Corps
Jelf,
Richard William
 W.R. Jelf
Son of late Sir Ernest Jelf, King's Remembrancer and Master of the Supreme Court, and Rose Frances, 2nd daughter of R. W. C. Reeves; married 1928, Nowell, daughter of Major Sampson­Way, RM, Manor House, Henbury; three sons one daughter. 		16.06.1904
Hendon, Greater London
-
22.01.1994
Horsham, Sussex
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		30.01.1924
Maj.
 		30.01.1941
A/Lt.Col.
 		23.04.1941-22.07.1941
T/Lt.Col.
 		23.07.1941-20.10.1945
WS/Lt.Col.
 		21.10.1945
Maj.Gen.
 		04.02.1957 (retd 11.05.1957)
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 1948
 ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 01.02.1945
 ?
Education: Cheltenham Coll.; RMA Woolwich; idc, psc
30.01.1924

commissioned, Royal Artillery
1934

served North­West Frontier, India (Loe Agra)
1936

Staff College, Quetta
1944
 -
 		1945
 		Commanding Officer, 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment RA
1946

Deputy Director Staff Duties, War Office
1948

Imperial Defence College
1949

CRA 2nd Division
1951

Dep. Chief, Organization and Training Div., SHAPE
1953

Comdr 99 AA Bde (TA)
1956

Chief of Staff, Eastern Command
1957
 -
 		1963
 		Commandant, Police Coll., Bramshill
1963
 -
 		1968
 		Dir of Civil Defence, Southern Region
ADC to the Queen, 1954. Hon. Sec., Lyme Regis RNLI, 1972-84.
Jellicoe,
George Patrick John Rushworth;
 2nd Earl Jellicoe (cr. 1925); Viscount Brocas of Southampton (cr. 1925); Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa (cr. 1918)
 The Earl Jellicoe (G.P.J.R. Jellicoe) The Earl Jellicoe (G.P.J.R. Jellicoe)
The Earl Jellicoe (G.P.J.R. Jellicoe) The Earl Jellicoe (G.P.J.R. Jellicoe)
Only son of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Earl Jellicoe and late Florence Gwendoline, daughter of Sir Charles
Cayzer, 1st Bt; godson of King George V.
Succeeded father,
1935.
Married 1st (1944) Patricia Christine (marriage dissolved, 1966), only daughter of Jeremiah O'Kane, Vancouver, Canada; two sons, two daughters.
Married 2nd (1966) Philippa, only daughter of
late Philip Dunne; one son, two daughters.

Teelgraph obituary
 		04.04.1918
-
22.02.2007
[Tidcombe, near Marlborough, Wiltshire ?]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		23.03.1940 [124546]
WS/Lt.
 		23.09.1941
A/Capt.
 		22.05.1942-...
WS/Capt.
 		29.03.1943
A/Maj.
 		22.12.1942-28.03.1943
T/Maj.
 		29.03.1943-08.01.1945
WS/Maj.
 		09.01.1945
A/Lt.Col.
 		09.10.1944-03.01.1945
Knigh Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
 1986
 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 05.11.1942
 Middle East
Military Cross MC
 23.03.1944
 gallant & distinguished services in the field
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 15.12.1942
 Middle East
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 02.03.1944
 gallant & distinguished services in the field
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 ?
 ?
Légion d'Honneur (France) LegH
 ?
 ?
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 ?
 ?
Greek War Cross GrkWC
 ?
 ?
Education: Winchester; Trinity College, Cambridge (Exhibnr)
23.03.1940

commissioned, The Coldstream Guards [emergency commission]
06.08.1940
 -
 		17.07.1941
 		8 Commando
18.07.1941
 -
 		22.01.1942
 		3rd Battalion The Coldstream Guards (wounded)
20.10.1942
 -
 		18.03.1943
 		1st Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment
19.03.1943
 -
 		08.10.1944
 		Special Boat Squadron (SBS)
09.10.1944
 -
 		03.01.1945
 		Combined Operations
04.01.1945

Staff College, Camberley
PC, 1963. FRS, 1990.
Hon. Page to King George VI;  Entered HM Foreign Service, 1947; served as 1st Sec. in Washington, Brussels, Baghdad (Deputy Sec. General Baghdad Pact). Lord-in-Waiting, 01-06.1961; Jt Parly. Sec., Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1961-1962; Minister of State, Home Office, 1962-1963; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1963-1964; Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy, 04-10.1964; Deputy Leader of the Opposition, House of Lords, 1967-1970; Lord Privy Seal and Minister in Charge, Civil Service Department, 1970-1973; Leader of the House of Lords, 1970-1973. Chairman: Brit. Adv. Cttee on Oil Pollution of the Sea, 1968-1970; 3rd Int. Conf. on Oil Pollution of the Sea, 1968. Chm., MRC, 1982-1990. Chairman: Tate & Lyle, 1978-1983 (Dir, 1974-1993); Davy Corp., 1985-1990; Booker Tate, 1988-1991; Director: Sotheby's, 1973-1985; Smiths Industries, 1973-1986; Morgan Crucible, 1973-1987; S. G. Warburg, 1973-1988; Chm., European Capital Ltd, 1991-1995. Chm., BOTB, 1983-1986; President: London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1979-1982; E European Trade Council, 1990-1995 (Chm., 1986-1990); Chm., 1978-1986, Patron, 1986-, Anglo­Hellenic League. A Governor, Centre for Environmental Studies, 1967-1970; President: National Federation of Housing Societies, 1965-1970; Parly and Scientific Cttee, 1980-1983; Review of Prevention of Terrorism Act, 1983. Pres., BHF, 1990-1995. Chm. of Council, KCL, 1977-1986; Chancellor, Southampton Univ., 1984-1995. FKC 1979. Hon. LLD: Southampton, 1985; Long Island Univ., 1987. Grand Comdr, Order of Honour (Greece), 1992. President: Royal Geographical Society, since 1993; SAS Association, since 1996.
Literature: Lorna Almonds Windmill, A British Achilles : George, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, KBE, DSO, MC, FRS : 20th century soldier, politician, statesman (2006)
Jennison,
Henry David
H.D. Jennison
Son of John Jennison, and of Lilianena Jennison, of Upton, Macclesfield, Cheshire.
 		1923 ?
-
01.09.1944
(KIA) [age 21]
[London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, France, 13.G.15]
[commemorated at War Memorial, Prestbury, Cheshire]
2nd Lt.
 		05.06.1943 [278672]
WS/Lt.
05.12.1943
Military Cross MC
 21.12.1944
 NW Europe
05.06.1943



commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(06.1944)
 -
 		01.09.1944
 		Officer Commanding, 3 Troop, "A" Squadron, 13th/18th Hussars (France [killed in action])
 
Johnson,
Dudley Graham
D.G. Johnson D.G. Johnson 		13.02.1884
-
21.12.1975
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		1938 (retd 1944)
Victoria Cross VC
 1919
 ?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 1939
 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 1914
 ?
Military Cross MC
 1918
 ?
...
 -
 		...
 		...
1938
 -
 		1940
 		General Officer Commanding, 4th Division
1940

General Officer Commanding, Aldershot Command
1941

Inspector of Infantry
Johnson,
Norman Charles
N.C. Johnson 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		21.09.1940 [149296]
WS/Lt.
 		21.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
 		?
Hon. Capt.
 		< 04.1946
Military Cross MC
 09.12.1943
 for gallant and distinguished services in the field
21.09.1940



commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission]
25.11.1942

captured in Tunisia; POW camp at Bologna; escaped
Jones,
Albert William
A.W. Jones A.W. Jones
Married; at least one son (Lt. (A) Maurice William Stanley Jones, RNVR).
 		22.05.1890
-
16.10.1971
T/2nd Lt.
 		WW I ?
T/Lt.
 		WW I?
Lt.
 		27.02.1940 [120808] (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
?



commissioned, Royal Tank Corps
27.02.1940



commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
(08.1941)

was in Iceland during the Atlantic Charter negotiations between Roosevelt & Churchill
27.12.1941

transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (MM Branch)
01.10.1942

transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(05.1945)

"D" Battalion, No 12 Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Training Centre (Harihar, Mysore State, India)
Jones,
Cenydd Richards
"Cen"
C.R. Jones

obituary
 		19.01.1921
Caerphilly
-
27.10.2006
Lt.
 		28.10.1944 [333835]
WS/Capt.
28.10.1945 (reld 1947?)
Companion of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division)
CBE
 08.06.1968

HM's birthday 68: lately Permanent Secretary and Director of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Federation of South Arabia
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE
 12.06.1965
 HM's birthday 65: Permanent Secretary and Director of Health Services, Federation of South Arabia
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE
 02.01.1956
 New Year 56: Amerindian Medical Officer, British Guiana
Education: Tywyn primary school, Caerphilly; Pontypridd Grammar School; Welsh National School of Medicine (1938-1944; MB); BCh
28.10.1944



commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
1944
 -
 		1947
 		Regimental Medical Officer (RMO), 2/1st Battalion, The King's African Rifles (Nyasaland) (in Kenya and Uganda)
Expert in tropical medicine.
Jones,
 [Sir] Charles Phibbs
C.P. Jones
Son of late Hume Riversdale Jones and Elizabeth Anne (née Phibbs).
Married (1934) Ouida Margaret Wallace; two sons.
 		29.06.1906
-
04.01.1988
Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2nd Lt.
 		02.02.1926, seniority 03.09.1925 [34845]
Lt.
 		03.09.1927
Capt.
 		03.09.1936
A/Maj.
 		26.06.1940-25.09.1940
T/Maj.
 		26.09.1940-26.01.1942
WS/Maj.
 		27.01.1942
Maj.
 		03.09.1942
A/Lt.Col.
 		27.10.1941-26.01.1942
T/Lt.Col.
 		27.01.1942-18.11.1942,
27.01.1943-22.07.1945
WS/Lt.Col.
 		23.07.1945
A/Col.
 		23.01.1945-22.07.1945
T/Col.
 		23.07.1945-30.12.1949
Col.
 		31.12.1949
A/Brig.
 		23.01.1945-22.07.1945
T/Brig.
23.07.1945-30.04.1951
Brig.
 		12.11.1951
T/Maj.Gen.
 		01.05.1951-06.12.1951
Maj.Gen.
 		07.12.1951
T/Lt.Gen.
 		01.01.1959
Gen.
 		05.08.1963 (retd 09.01.1967)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
 12.06.1965
 HM's birthday 65
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
 01.01.1960
 New Year 60
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 05.06.1952
 HM's birthday 52
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 11.10.1945
 NW Europe
Military Cross MC
 22.10.1940
 in recognition of gallant conduct in action with the enemy
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 10.05.1945
 NW Europe
Commander, Order of Leopold II (Belgium) LeoII
 23.05.1947
 ?
Croix de Guerre (Belgium) CdeG
 23.05.1947
 ?
Education: Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, N Ireland; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Pembroke College, Cambridge; Staff College, Camberley (1939; psc); Imperial Defence College (1947; idc)
02.02.1926

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
1928
 -
 		1934
 		service with Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners (India)
24.11.1934
 -
 		06.01.1939
 		Adjutant, 42nd (East Lancashire) Divisional Engineers (Territorial Army)
30.10.1939
 -
 		13.02.1940
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ...
14.02.1940
 -
 		25.06.1940
 		Brigade-Major, 127th Infantry Brigade (BEF; France & Belgium)
29.06.1940
 -
 		26.10.1941
 		Instructor (as General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staff College, Camberley
27.10.1941
 -
 		18.11.1942
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), General Headquarters (GHQ) Home Forces
1943
 -
 		1944
 		Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), Guards Armoured Division (UK, NW Europe)
09.10.1944
 -
 		22.01.1945
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
23.01.1945
 -
 		1945
 		Brigadier General Staff, XXX Corps (NW Europe)
1945
 -
 		23.04.1946
 		Brigadier General Staff (Chief of Staff), Malaya Command
06.05.1946
 -
 		01.01.1947
 		Brigadier General Staff, HQ Western Command
07.01.1948
 -
 		31.10.1950
 		Commander, 2nd Infantry Brigade (Palestine)
14.12.1950
 -
 		26.04.1951
 		Director of Plans, War Office
01.05.1951
 -
 		30.11.1953
 		General Officer Commanding, 7th Armoured Division (British Army of the Rhine)
08.01.1954
 -
 		31.12.1956
 		Commandant, Staff College, Camberley
01.03.1957
 -
 		15.09.1958
 		Vice Adjutant-General, War Office
01.01.1959
 -
 		01.01.1960
 		Director, Combined Military Planning, Central Treaty Organization
08.03.1960
 -
 		26.03.1962
 		General Officer Commanding, 1st Corps
01.06.1962
 -
 		18.04.1963
 		General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command
06.05.1963
 -
 		12.12.1966
 		Master General of the Ordnance
1965
 -
 		1967
 		also: ADC General to the Queen
09.01.1967
 -
 		29.06.1968
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Governor of Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 1969-75; Chief Royal Engineer, 1967-72. A Governor, Corps of Commissionaires, 1969-. National President, Royal British Legion, 1970-81. 
Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, 20.08.1961-1972. Honorary Colonel, Royal Engineers, Army Emergency Reserve, 01.11.1961. Honorary Colonel, Engineer and Railway Staffs Corps, RE, T&AVR, 1970-22.07.1977.
Jones,
Gordon William
G.W. Jones
Only child of William Jones,  and Lillian Price (1891-1980).
Married (1950) Jean Ruth Stuckey; three sons, two daughters.
 		31.08.1921
-
01.1980
Cardiff
2nd Lt.
 		22.04.1943 [273066]
WS/Lt.
22.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 29.06.1951
 ?
22.04.1943



commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Worked for the coal board before & after his army service.
Jones,
Matheys Johannes Uys
M.J.U. Jones 		?
-
Pte. ?
 		? [316]
2nd Lt.
 		01.06.1942 [317891]
WS/Lt.
 		?
WS/Capt.
 		12.03.1945 (reld 16.11.1945)
T/Maj.
 		12.03.1945-16.11.1945
Hon. Maj.
 		16.11.1945
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Africa Star Afr St
 -
 -
Defence Medal Def M
 -
 -
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 -
 -