Nigel Bagnall
Sir Nigel Bagnall | |
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Army career
Born in British India, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stephen Bagnall and Marjory May Bagnall and educated at Wellington College,[1] Bagnall undertook National Service for a year[2] before being commissioned into the Green Howards on 5 January 1946.[3] Shortly afterwards, however, on 13 February 1946 he transferred to the Parachute Regiment[4] and was deployed to Palestine where the British Mandate was about to end.[2] Promoted to lieutenant on 24 September 1949,[5] he served in Malaya, where as a platoon commander, he was awarded the Military Cross in 1950,[6] and a bar to the Military Cross in 1952.[7]
Promoted to captain on 10 February 1954,[8] he returned to the Green Howards in summer 1954 and then took part in counter-insurgency operations against EOKA units in Cyprus in 1955.[2] He transferred to the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards on 24 April 1956.[9] He was promoted to major on 10 February 1961[10] and appointed Military Assistant to the Vice-Chief of Defence Staff in May 1964 and then became the Senior Staff Officer dealing with intelligence activities for operations in Borneo in March 1966.[10]
Promoted to
He became commander of
After being advanced to a
He was also appointed Colonel Commandant of the
In retirement he became a military historian and fellow of
He died on 8 April 2002, at the age of 75.[29]
Family
In 1959 he married Anna Caroline Church; they had two daughters.[1]
Historiographical works
- Bagnall, Nigel, The Punic Wars: Rome, Carthage and the Struggle for the Mediterranean, London: Hutchinson, 1990, ISBN 0-091-74421-0.
- Bagnall, Nigel, The Peloponnesian War: Athens, Sparta and the Struggle for Greece, London: Pimlico, 2004, ISBN 978-0-712-69881-8.
References
- ^ a b Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ^ a b c Heathcote 1999, p. 35.
- ^ "No. 37467". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 February 1946. p. 954.
- ^ "No. 37517". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 March 1946. p. 1621.
- ^ "No. 38720". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 September 1949. p. 4552.
- ^ "No. 39048". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 1950. p. 5292.
- ^ "No. 39839". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 April 1953. p. 2406.
- ^ "No. 40094". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 February 1954. p. 848.
- ^ "No. 40760". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 April 1956. p. 2393.
- ^ a b c d e Heathcote 1999, p. 36.
- ^ "No. 44223". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 January 1967. p. 307.
- ^ "No. 45013". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 January 1970. p. 215.
- ^ "No. 45271". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1971. p. 117.
- ^ "No. 46692". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 September 1975. p. 11931.
- ^ "No. 46727". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 November 1975. p. 13883.
- ^ "No. 47437". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 January 1978. p. 599.
- ^ "No. 48386". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 December 1980. p. 16704.
- ^ "No. 48467". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1980. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 49412". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 July 1983. p. 9145.
- ISBN 978-1854880093.
- ^ "No. 50154". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1985. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 50226". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 August 1985. p. 11147.
- ^ a b Heathcote 1999, p. 37.
- ^ "Obituary: Field Marshal Sir Nigel Bagnall". The Guardian. 11 April 2002. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ "No. 48614". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 May 1981. p. 6937.
- ^ "No. 50233". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 August 1985. p. 11483.
- ISBN 978-0-312-34214-2
- ISBN 978-0-312-34215-9
- ^ "Obituary: Field Marshal Sir Nigel Bagnall". The Guardian. 11 April 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
Further reading
- Heathcote, Tony (1999). The British Field Marshals 1736–1997. Barnsley (UK): Pen & Sword. ISBN 0-85052-696-5.