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   units were created and bases were reordered to reduce operational   
   inefficiencies.   
      
   Jackson retired in 2006, laden with honours: an MBE in 1979, CBE 1992,   
   DSO in 1999, knighthood 1998 and knight grand cross, the highest   
   military honour, in 2005. He published his autobiography, Soldier, in   
   2007 and continued to make regular appearances in interviews and   
   documentaries.   
      
   He was married twice, first to Jennifer Savery, with whom he had two   
   children, Amanda and Mark. After their divorce, in 1985, he married   
   Sarah Coombe, with whom he had a son, Tom. She and his children survive   
   him.   
      
    Mike (Michael David) Jackson, military commander, born 21 March 1944;   
   died 15 October 2024   
      
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