Background
Nichols, William Robert was born on July 25, 1885 in St. Petersburg, Virginia. Son of William Robert and Nora Desonier (Preot) Nichols.
Nichols, William Robert was born on July 25, 1885 in St. Petersburg, Virginia. Son of William Robert and Nora Desonier (Preot) Nichols.
Bachelor of Science, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, 1906. Student Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1908-1909, special army course, 1915-1916. Honorary graduate Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1914.
Graduated from Command and General staff schedul, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1924, Army War College, 1930.
Colonel Marshall South. Carter), William Robert Nichols, Junior Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Army, April 1909, and advanced through the grades to brigadier general, September 13, 1943. Served in Germany, England, Belgium and France, 1919-1922, Hawaii, 1930-1932, Panama, 1939-1940. Chief of staff, 4th Service Command, Atlanta, Georgia., since December 1940.
Member Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Alpha (Southern). Clubs: Hampton Yacht (Hampton, Virginia).
Married Josephine Stoney Stevens, January 10, 1912. Children: Nora Preot (wife of Lieutenant.