Nigel Bagnall

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Sir Nigel Thomas Bagnall , GCB , CVO , MC & Bar (* 10. February 1927 , † 8. April 2002 ) was an officer in the British Army and historian who most recently as Field Marshal (Field Marshal) between 1985 and 1988 Chief of General Staff of the British Army was.

Life

Nigel Thomas Bagnall, son of Lt. Col. Harry Stephen Bagnall and Marjory May Briggs, attended Wellington College in Berkshire and then served a year of National Service military service . He then joined in 1946, first in the line infantry regiment Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) , but moved shortly thereafter to the Parachute Regiment ( Parachute Regiment ) . With this he was deployed in the League of Nations mandate for Palestine and later deployed in the Malaya Federation . For his services, he was the 1950 Military Cross (MC), and in 1953 a clasp (bar) awarded the Military Cross. He later moved to the 4th / 7th Royal Dragoon Guards Cavalry Regiment and found numerous uses as an officer and staff officer in the following years.

In December 1970 Bagnall was as Brigadier (Brigadier) successor to Brigadier General Roy Dixon as commander of armored forces (Royal Armored Corps) of the First Corps ( I Corps ) and remained in this position until his replacement by Gen. Martin Sinnatt in September 1972. After that, He took over in November 1973 from Air Commodore Brian Stanbridge as Secretary of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff (Secretary, Chiefs of Staff Committee) and held this until September 1975, whereupon Flotilla Admiral Peter Stanford succeeded him. After that he became a Major General (Major-General) succeeds Major General Michael Gow as commander ( General Officer Commanding ) of the 4th Division ( 4th Division ) and held this office until his replacement by Major General Richard Vickers in October 1977 held. He then moved to the Ministry of Defense in January 1978 , where he succeeded Air Vice-Marshal John Gingell as Assistant Chief of the Defense Staff (Policy) . In this use he remained until March 1980 and was then replaced by Joseph Gilbert . In 1978 he was also accepted as Commander in the Royal Victorian Order (CVO).

In October 1980, took Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) Nigel Bagnall by Lieutenant General Peter Leng the post of Commanding General (General Officer Commanding-in-Chief) of the First Corps ( I Corps ) and was there until his replacement by Lieutenant General Martin Farndale in Used May 1983. On December 31, 1980 he was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and from then on carried the suffix "Sir". Following General Bagnall broke in July 1983 General James Michael Gow as commander in chief of the British Army of the Rhine BAOR (Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine) , and held that post until July 1985. whereupon again General Martin Farndale its local successor took . Between July 1983 and July 1985 he was also commander in chief of the NATO Army Group North NORTHAG ( Northern Army Group ) . During this time he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) on June 15, 1985 .

Last seen, General Sir Nigel Thomas Bagnall in July 1985 as the successor to Field Marshal John Wilfred Stanier the post of Chief of Staff (Chief of the General Staff) of the British Army, which he held until his retirement from active military service in September 1988th His successor was again General John Chapple . He was with his retirement in September 1988, the Field Marshal (Field Marshal) transported.

On May 9, 1959, he married Anna Caroline Church, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Theobald Frederick Stephen Church and Susette Henrietta Mary Hawkins. The two daughters Emma Caroline Bagnall and Sarah Jane Bagnall emerged from this marriage.

Publications

Nigel Bagnall was also a historian and Fellow at Balliol College of Oxford University operates. He wrote non-fiction books in which he dealt with the Punic Wars , the Second Battle of Lilybaeum , First and Second Battle of Tarentum , the battles on Lake Trasimeno , Panormus , Cornus and the Rhone and the Legiones Cannenses . His publications include:

  • The Punic Wars: Rome, Carthage and the Struggle for the Mediterranean , London: Hutchinson, 1990, ISBN 0-091-74421-0 .
  • The Pelonnesian War: Athens, Sparta and the Struggle for Greece , London: Pimlico, 2004, ISBN 978-0-712-69881-8
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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 202
  2. ↑ MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND TRI-SERVICE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS, p. 15
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 215
  4. ↑ MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND TRI-SERVICE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS, p. 10
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 200
  6. ↑ a b KNIGHTS AND DAMES A - BEC. In: leighrayment.com. November 27, 2018, accessed March 26, 2019 .
  7. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 135
  8. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860, p. 6
personal data
SURNAME Bagnall, Nigel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bagnall, Sir Nigel Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Field Marshal General and historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1927
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2002