Background
JACKSON, William Godfrey Fothergill was born on August 28, 1917 in Lancashire. Son of late Colonel A Jackson and of Mistress E. M. (nee Fothergill) Jackson.
JACKSON, William Godfrey Fothergill was born on August 28, 1917 in Lancashire. Son of late Colonel A Jackson and of Mistress E. M. (nee Fothergill) Jackson.
Shrewsbury School, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, King"s College, Cambridge.
Served in Norway, North. Africa, Italy, Far East 1939-1945. G.S.O.l Allied Land Forces, South.E. Asia 1945-1948. Instructor Staff College, Camberley 1948-1950, Royal Military
Academy, Sandhurst 1950-1952.
Staff and Regimental Service 1952-1958. Commander Gurkha Engineers 1958-1960.
Colonel General Staff, Minley Division of Staff College, Camberley 1960-1962. Deputy Director Staff Duties, War Office 1962-1965.
Imperial Defence College 1965-1966.
Director Chief of Defence Staff Exercise Unison 1966-1967. Assistant Chief of General Staff, Ministry of Defence 1968-1970. G.O.C.-in-C. Northern Command 1970-1972.
Quartermaster-General 1973-1977.
Cabinet Office, Historical Section 1977-1978 and since 1982. Governor and Commander in Chief, Gibraltar 1978-1982.
Colonel Commdt. of Royal Engineers 1971-1981, and of Gurkha Engineers 1971-1976. Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1973-1978.
Engineering and Railway Staff Corporations 1977-1983.
Aide-de-Camp (General) to the Queen 1974-1976. Kermit-Roosevelt Exchange Lectures to United States military academics 1975; Reviewer of military books for the Times since 1987.
Knight of Justice.
Married Joan Mary Buesden in 1946.