29th September 2008 - 6.30pm
THIS LECTURE IS NOW FULLY BOOKED
Lectures are free of charge and open to all, beginning at 7pm.
Booking is advisable for all lectures. Seats may be reserved through Taunton School's Events Team.
Please note: GENERAL JACKSON WILL BE SIGNING COPIES OF HIS BOOK IN THE OLD LIBRARY, BEFORE AND AFTER HIS TALK
Sir Michael, began his army career learning Russian in the Intelligence Corps at the height of the Cold War. Sir Michael, rose to command the First Battalion of the Parachute Regiment between 1984 and 1986. He also commanded 3 (UK) Division, spent two years at the Ministry of Defence and served in Berlin and Northern Ireland. He was commander of the UN peacekeeping force in Bosnia between 1995 and 1996 and went on to command Nato’s ACE Rapid Reaction Corps from 1997 to 2000. In 1999 he took charge of the Kosovo Force – known as K-For –in the successful operation to end the ethnic cleansing of Albanians in the former Yugoslav republic. During the Kosovo campaign he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for the leadership he showed. As head of the Army – a role which he retired from in August 2007 – Sir Michael became one of the most widely known British generals since World War II.
John Rae Society Lecture - General Sir Michael Jackson GCB, CBE, DSO, DL
