Photographs from the collection of Arnold Strode Jackson the British 1,500 metres gold medal winner at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games, including per

Photographs from the collection of Arnold Strode Jackson the British 1,500 metres gold medal winner at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games, including period photographs of the athlete crossing the finishing line in Stockholm and at the medal ceremony, others including formal military portraits, also family photographs and others relating to university athletics Brigadier-General Arnold Nugent Strode Strode-Jackson CBE DSO & Three Bars (1891-1972) was a British athlete, British Army officer and a barrister. At the time his win in the 1,500m at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games was hailed as 'the greatest race ever run'. Aged 21, he still remains the youngest ever winner of the Olympic 1,500m. He was also the youngest ever British Army Brigadier-General, as well as being amongst the most highly decorated British World War I officers. His uncle Clement Jackson had been a co-founder of the Amateur Athletic Association in 1880.