William Nicholson 1st Baron Nicholson Military person

Field Marshal William Gustavus Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson GCB (2 March 1845 – 13 September 1918) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Mahdist War, the Third Anglo-Burmese War, the Second Boer War and World War I. He became Chief of the Imperial General Staff and was closely involved in the reorganisation of the British Army in the early years of the 20th century.

Personal facts

William Nicholson 1st Baron Nicholson
Birth dateMarch 02, 1845
Birth place
West Yorkshire , Leeds
Date of deathSeptember 13, 1918
Place of death
London

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Order of the Bath
Mentioned in dispatches
military operations
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Mahdist War
Second Boer War
World War I
Battle of Kandahar
Third Anglo-Burmese War
military branch
British Army
service start1865
service end1865

William Nicholson 1st Baron Nicholson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_his_bio.htm