Arnold Jackson (athlete)
| Arnold Strode-Jackson | |
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| Nickname(s) | "Jackers" |
| Born |
5 April 1891 Addlestone, Surrey |
| Died | 13 November 1972 (aged 81) Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1919 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Unit | Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) |
| Commands held | 13th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (1918) |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
| Awards |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Three Bars Mentioned in Despatches (6) |
Jackson winning the 1500 m race at the 1912 Olympics
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| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m, mile | |||||||||
| Club | University of Oxford | |||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500 – 3:56.8 (1912) Mile – 4:21.4 (1912) |
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Medal record
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Brigadier General Arnold Nugent Strode Strode-Jackson, CBE, DSO & Three Bars (5 April 1891 – 13 November 1972) was a British athlete, British Army officer, and a barrister. He was the winner of the 1500 m at the 1912 Summer Olympics, in what was hailed at the time as "the greatest race ever run". He was a brigadier general and amongst the most highly decorated British general officers of the First World War.
He was born Arnold Nugent Strode Jackson at Addlestone, Surrey, changing his surname to Strode-Jackson on 31 March 1919 (as noted in The London Gazette of 1 April 1919). He was the son of Morton Strode Jackson and Edith Rosine Martin, and grandson of Lieutenant General George Jackson.
His uncle was Clement Jackson, athlete, academic, bursar of Hertford College, Oxford, and co-founder of the Amateur Athletic Association. His sister was the novelist Myrtle Beatrice Strode Strode-Jackson.
He was educated at Malvern College, where he was head of his house and head of the athletics team, and there acquired the nickname, "Jackers". Jackson entered Brasenose College, Oxford in 1910, where he took a degree in law.
Jackson rowed and played football and hockey for Brasenose College, being captain of the hockey team. He won the mile race for Oxford against Cambridge three times and was President of the Oxford University Athletic Club.
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