Nigel Bagnall
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Field Marshal Sir Nigel Bagnall GCB CVO MC (February 10, 1927 - April 8, 2002) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1985 and 1989.
He was born in India on February 10, 1927 and joined the British Army in 1945. He served in Palestine, Malaya, Singapore, Cyprus and Germany where he was General Officer Commanding the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). The Old Wellingtonian is also a military historian and fellow of Balliol College, Oxford,
He wrote a history of the Punic wars published by Pimlico in 1990. Two months before his passing in 2002, he had a book on the Peloponnesian War published.
His obituary can be found at: http://www.bagnallvillage.com/Biographies/SirNigelBagnall.htm [1]
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| Preceded by: Sir John Stanier |
Chief of the General Staff 1985–1989 |
Succeeded by: Sir John Chapple |
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