Ex-army head General Sir Mike Jackson left £80,000 in his will - but had already given even-bigger sum to his son and daughter

British subject main General Sir Mike Jackson near conscionable £80,000 successful his volition aft already giving £250,000 to lad and daughter.

The erstwhile caput of the British Army died astatine the property of 80 pursuing an illustrious vocation that saw him command UK forces during the US-led penetration of Iraq successful 2003.

Serving successful the service for 43 years, helium is remembered arsenic 1 of the astir high-profile generals since World War Two.

The father-of-three lost his conflict with prostate crab connected 15 October past year, astatine the property of 80.

Gen Sir Mike near the worth of his estates to his 2nd woman Sarah Jackson, who helium joined successful 1985.

Two of the precocious general's 3 children, who were from his archetypal matrimony to Jennifer Savery were fixed a full of £250,000 earlier the volition was written.

The volition noted that £200,000 had already been fixed to lad Mark Jackson. The documents stated that £50,000 was besides talented to Amanda.

Each of his grandchildren are besides entitled to £5,000 each, with Amanda being a parent of four. His sister Lynne was granted £10,000 successful the will.

His youngest kid Thomas Jackson was listed arsenic an executor. 

The general, who besides served successful the Balkans and Northern Ireland, requested to beryllium buried.

The documents stated: 'The exertion has stated that the gross worth of the property successful the United Kingdom amounts to £93,857 and the nett worth amounts to £80,219.

'My trustees volition beryllium alert that Mark has already received the sum of £200,000 arsenic an beforehand and this is to beryllium acceptable against his stock of my residuary estate.

'My trustees volition beryllium alert that Amanda has already received a acquisition successful the sum of £50,000 and this is to beryllium acceptable against her stock of my residuary estate.

'I springiness the sum of £5,000 to each of my grandchildren surviving astatine my death.

'I springiness the sum of £10,000 to my sister Lynne absolutely, whether oregon not she acts arsenic an Executor of this will.'

During the celebrated officer's clip successful Kosovo successful 1999 that helium took a important determination which helped forestall the struggle from exploding into all-out warfare betwixt Nato and Russia.

He famously refused an bid from his US commandant to intercept Russian forces erstwhile they entered Kosovo without Nato's statement - successful a determination credited with redeeming thousands of lives.

'I'm not going to commencement the Third World War for you,' Sir Mike - dubbed a existent 'soldier's soldier' and the 'Prince of Darkness' - is reported to person told his American boss, General Wesley Clark.

Gen Sir Mike was backed by vocalist James Blunt, who was an service Captain astatine the clip and nether his bid and aboriginal admitted helium would person refused the bid too, adjacent if it meant facing a tribunal martial.

His work during the Kosovo run aboriginal led to him being awarded the Distinguished Service Order for leadership. 

The incidental which astir pushed the satellite to the brink took spot connected June 12, 1999. 

A file of astir 30 Russian armoured vehicles, carrying astir 200 Kremlin troops, seized Pristina airdrome successful a astonishment concern towards the extremity of the war.

The Russians, who had played a cardinal relation successful persuading Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to extremity the conflict, had expected to constabulary their ain assemblage of Kosovo, autarkic of Nato. 

However, erstwhile this failed to happen, the Russians felt double-crossed. 

A contingent of 200 troops was ordered to rotation retired from their basal successful Bosnia to prehend the airport.

The astonishment determination was discovered arsenic Nato's K-For peacekeepers - led by Gen Sir Mike - prepared to participate the state connected June 12, sparking a tense stand-off. 

American Gen Wesley Clark, Nato's ultimate commander, instantly ordered 500 British and French paratroopers to beryllium enactment connected standby to prehend the airport.

'I called the [Nato] Secretary General [Javier Solana] and told him what the circumstances were,' Gen Clark told the BBC during a documentary connected the war.

'He talked astir what the risks were and what mightiness hap if the Russians got determination first, and helium said: 'Of people you person to get to the airport'.

'I said: 'Do you see I person the authorization to bash so?' He said: 'Of people you do, you person transportation of authority'.'

But the bid was blocked by Gen Sir Mike, who feared it could ignite a devastating conflict betwixt Russia and Nato that would trigger World War Three. 

During a heated exchange, the tough-talking British wide told his American boss: 'I'm not going to commencement the Third World War for you.' 

Speaking of the determination aft the war, Gen Sir Mike told the BBC: 'We were [looking at] a possibility....of confrontation with the Russian contingent which seemed to maine astir apt not the close mode to commencement disconnected a narration with Russians who were going to go portion of my command.'

Gen Clark aboriginal planned to bid British tanks and armoured vehicles to artifact the runways of the airdrome to forestall Russian transport planes from landing. 

Despite the US commandant saying helium believed it was an 'an due people of action'', the strategy was erstwhile again vetoed by British command.

Popstar James Blunt, who was a Captain successful the Army nether Gen Sir Mike's command, supported his boss's determination astatine the time. 

In an interrogation with BBC Radio 5 unrecorded successful 2010, You're Beautiful vocalist Blunt said: 'I was fixed the nonstop bid to overpower the 200 oregon truthful Russians who were there.

'I was the pb serviceman with my unit of men down us... The soldiers straight down maine were from the Parachute Regiment, truthful they're evidently crippled for the fight.

'The nonstop bid [that] came successful from Gen Wesley Clark was to overpower them. Various words were utilized that seemed antithetic to us. Words specified arsenic "destroy" came down the radio.'

If Gen Sir Mike had not blocked the bid from Gen Clark, Blunt aboriginal revealed helium would inactive person refused to travel it, adjacent astatine the hazard of a tribunal martial.

'There are things that you bash on the mode that you cognize are right, and those that you perfectly consciousness are wrong, that I deliberation it's morally important to basal up against, and that consciousness of motivation judgement is drilled into america arsenic soldiers successful the British Army,' helium added.

Gen Sir Mike's enactment during the run - and courageousness to disobey an bid successful a bid to forestall warfare - was hailed arsenic legendary by his troops, 1 seasoned serviceman said.

Major Andrew Fox, a erstwhile institution commandant successful the Parachute Regiment, told MailOnline: 'Political backing and past amusement that Sir Mike was correct. 

'Clark was removed from bid 2 months aboriginal and Jackson's vocation was crowned. 

'This was wholly successful character. He was opinionated and outspoken, but these outspoken opinions were backed by a fierce intellect and helium was usually right.'

He added the General was famed for his 'sharp tongue' and 'wicked wit' and was a 'soldier's soldier'.  

'His basal for amended surviving conditions, wage and instrumentality for soldiers was successful enactment with his thrust to bash the close thing, arsenic successful Kosovo.' helium added. 

'No-one successful the Parachute Regiment who spent an evening drinking whiskey with Sir Mike volition ever hide it: his quality and wit were of an adjacent higher impervious than the dram successful their glass.'

Lt Col Edward Green, Britain's defence attache to Kosovo, said helium was a 'legendary figure' successful the Army who volition beryllium 'long remembered present successful Kosovo'. 

Father-of-three Gen Sir Mike, was the Chief of the General Staff for 3 years, from 2003 and 2006.

Born connected March 21, 1944, the General was good liked amongst subject unit for his just and no-nonsense benignant of leadership.

After graduating from Sandhurst, helium was commissioned into the Intelligence Corp successful 1963 earlier aboriginal becoming portion of the Parachute Regiment.

The dedicated Army antheral was dubbed 'The Prince of Darkness' for his hoarse dependable and chill demeanour.

In the aftermath of his death, respective high-ranking Army officials arsenic good arsenic the British Army themselves person released touching tributes to the seasoned who dedicated astir 45 years of his beingness to the forces.

British Army released a heartfelt connection to the General, who was besides referred to arsenic 'Jacko'.

'It is with large sadness that we person learnt of the decease of Gen Sir Mike Jackson GCB, CBE, DSO, connected Oct 15 surrounded by his family,' the connection read.

'General 'Jacko' served with favoritism for implicit 40 years, finishing his vocation arsenic Chief of the General Staff. He volition beryllium greatly missed, and agelong remembered. Utrinque Paratus.'

Security Minister, Dan Jarvis, who was antecedently a portion of the Parachute Regiment, and was General Sir Jackson's adjutant de campy called him a 'soldier's soldier'.

'An outstanding, inspirational and charismatic person and a existent airborne legend,' helium added.

Former caput of the Army Lord Dannatt said: 'I americium devestated to perceive of the decease of Mike Jackson.

'He was a immense quality - an inspirational person - and loved by each those who knew him.

'In particular, the radical of Kosovo volition ever beryllium successful his indebtedness for the bonzer cognition helium led to bring them their state from oppression and independency successful 1999.

'They don't marque them similar Mike anymore. He volition beryllium hugely missed but indispensable beryllium hugely celebrated for his publication to our nationalist life.'