Sir William (Godfrey Fothergill) Jackson

British soldier and historian. He studied at Shrewsbury School, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and Cambridge, and was commissioned in the Royal Engineers (1937). After service in World War 2 he held several senior posts before becoming military historian in the cabinet office (1977–8, 1982–7), and was governor and commander-in-chief at Gibraltar (1978–82). His publications on military historical and strategic subjects include Attack in the West (1953), Seven Roads to Moscow (1957), The Battle for Italy (1967), and Overlord: Normandy 1944 (1978). Later works include Britain's Triumph and Decline in the Middle East (1996). He was knighted in 1971.

William Jackson may refer to:

Government:

William Jackson (congressman) (1783-1855), US Congressman from Massachusetts William Jackson (secretary), Secretary to the Philadelphia Convention and member of the U.S. Continental Army William Jackson (Gibraltar), Governor of Gibraltar William Jackson (Massachusetts), former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts William Harding Jackson, former United States National Security Advisor William Humphreys Jackson, former Congressman from Maryland William P. 1952) William Cedar Jackson, Sydney musician William Jackson (English composer), English composer (1730 - 1803) William Jackson (English composer) (born 1815), composer

Other people:

William Jackson (bishop), Bishop of Oxford William Jackson (curler), Scottish winner of the first Olympic gold medal in curling, Chamonix, 1924 William Jackson (reporter) William Henry Jackson, early photographer of the American West

Fiction:

Billy Jackson (EastEnders), fictional character

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