William Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson
| The Lord Nicholson | |
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Field Marshal Lord Nicholson
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| Born |
2 March 1845 Roundhay Park, Leeds, England |
| Died | 13 September 1918 (aged 73) London, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1865–1912 1914–1918 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Commands held | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| Battles/wars |
Mahdist War Third Anglo-Burmese War Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches Order of Osmanieh, 4th Class (Ottoman Empire) |
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 the First World War. 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.
Born the youngest son of William Nicholson Nicholson (who had been born with the surname of Phillips but in 1827 assumed his mother's surname of Nicholson) and Martha Nicholson (née Rhodes), Nicholson graduated from Leeds Grammar School in 1863 and entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was awarded the Pollock Medal the following year.
Nicholson was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 21 March 1865. From 1868 to 1871 he was employed on coastal fortification work in Barbados, West Indies. Following this he was posted to India, with the Public Works Department at Hyderabad, the Punjab Irrigation Branch, and at Rawalpindi and Peshawar on barrack work and the construction of Army waterworks.
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