About us

A Brief Resume

Michael Hillier Jackson and Josephine Alexandra Jackson (nee Pearson)

  • Born in Palestine many years ago, Educated? in Birmingham (West Midlands not Alabahma).
  • Left home to join REME JLU in 1960, transferred to Intelligence Corps in 1962
  • Served with 13 Signals Regiment, 15 Intelligence Platoon (Bde), 9 Signals Regiment, Back to 13, E Troop, 14 Signals Regiment Langeleben, roughly in that order up to March ‘84.
  • Moved to Northern Ireland, to join my wife Josephine. A born and bred Belfast Girl.
  • Fell out with Brits over citizenship (bit like Spike Milligan -’cept I’m still alive – just!) and am now naturalized Irish.
  • Currently General Manager of SOS Group, by whom I have been employed for over 25 years, manufacturing educational furniture.

 

  • We have
    • 4 children, three boys and a girl
    • 4 granddaughters – the eldest at 23 is a year younger than our youngest son – and 1 grandson
    • 1 greatgranddaughter

    Our interests, apart from our family, include travel, food, socializing, the garden and,on my part, golf and this website.

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