Michael Jackson (British Army)
General Sir Michael Jackson was Chief of the General Staff from February 2003 to August 2006.[1]
From late 1989 to 1992 (around two and a half years) Jackson was Commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade,[2] one of three British Army brigade headquarters in Northern Ireland from the the outbreak of the troubles in 1969. It covered the Belfast area and its commander reported to the Commander Land Forces (Northern Ireland).[3]
External Resources
- Richard Norton-Taylor, Army chief questioned over 'shot list', The Guardian, 16 October 2003.
Notes
- ↑ General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO, CMAWorld Online, 5 June 2010.
- ↑ General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO, CMAWorld Online, 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle against the IRA, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.16.
