Lionel Sadleir-Jackson, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lionel Sadleir-Jackson

British First World War general

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1876

Date of Death: 21-May-1932

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Lionel Sadleir-Jackson

  • 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.

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