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Nicholson helped hold off Rommell at Kasserine Pass in North Africa before transferring to the Far East and commanding 2 Division in the 1945 British offensive in central Burma.
| 1898
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Born |
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| 1938 |
Colonel |
Instructor, Staff College Camberley |
| 1940 |
Staff, 45 Division |
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| 1940 |
Staff, Sickleforce, Norway |
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| 1940 |
Staff, 18 Division |
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| 1940 |
Deputy Chief of Staff, Home Forces |
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| 1941 |
Brigadier |
Commander, 127 Brigade |
| 1941 |
Commander, 42 Support Group |
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| 1942 |
Commander, 42 Armored Division |
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| 1942 |
Deputy commander, 6 Armored Division |
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| 1942 |
Commander, Nickforce, North Africa |
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| 1943 |
Staff, 1 Army, North Africa |
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| 1943-12 |
Major general |
Commander, 44 Indian Armored Division |
| 1944-3 |
Commander, 21 Indian Division |
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| 1944-7-8 |
Commander, 2 Division |
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| 1946 |
Director of Artillery |
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| 1948 |
Commander, West Africa |
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| 1951 |
Commander, Western Command |
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| 1953 |
Commander, Middle East Land Forces |
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| 1953 |
Adjutant General |
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| 1954 |
Aide-de-campe General to the Queen |
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| 1956 |
Retires |
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| 19769 |
Dies |
References
AmericaInWWII.com (accessed 2011-11-9)
Generals.dk
(accessed 2011-11-9)
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