Background
BAGNALL, Field Marshal Nigel Thomas was born on February 10, 1927. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Harry S. and Marjory M. Bagnall.
BAGNALL, Field Marshal Nigel Thomas was born on February 10, 1927. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Harry S. and Marjory M. Bagnall.
Wellington College.
Joined army 1945; commissioned into Green Howards 1946. 6th Airborne Division, Palestine 1946-1948. Green Howards, Malaya 1949-1953.
Director of Borneo Operations, General Staff Officer (Intelligence) 1966-1967.
Command, 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards, North. Ireland and British Army of the Rhine (British Army of the Rhine) 1967-1969. Senior Directing Staff (Army), Joint Services Staff College 1970.
Command, Royal Armoured Corps Headquarters 1 (British) Coips 1970-1972. Defence Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford 1972-1973.
Secretary Chief of Staff Committee 1973-1975.
General Officer Commanding 4th Division 1975-1977. Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Policy), Ministry of Defence 1978-1980. Commander 1st British Corps 1981-1983.
Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine and Commander Northern Army Group 1983-1985.
Chief of General Staff 1985-1988. Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen 1985-1988.
Honorary Colonel Commdt. Army Physical Training Corps 1981-1985.
Honorary Fellow Balliol College, Oxford 1986.
Married Anna C. Church in 1959.