Mike Jackson (British Army officer)

General Sir Michael David Jackson,  (21 March 1944 – 15 October 2024) was a British Army officer. He was one of its most high-profile generals since the Second World War.

He began as an Intelligence Corps in 1963. He then transferred to the Parachute Regiment in 1970, serving in Northern Ireland. He was present during the events of the Ballymurphy massacre (1971) and then at Bloody Sunday in 1972.

He also responded to the aftermath of the Warrenpoint ambush in 1979. He was assigned to a staff post at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 1982. He became the commander of the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, in 1984. 

Jackson was posted to Northern Ireland for the third time, as a brigade commander, in the early 1990s.

Jackson died on 15 October 2024 from prostate cancer at the age of 80.

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