Lothian Nicholson (British Army officer, died 1933)

Major-General Sir (Cecil) Lothian Nicholson KCB, CMG (1 November 1865 – 3 March 1933) was a British Army officer.

Sir Cecil Lothian Nicholson
Sir Lothian Nicholson
Born	1 November 1865
Died	3 March 1933
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment 16th Brigade 34th Division Eastern Division of the British Army of the Rhine 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
Battles/wars	First World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Military career

Born the son of Sir Lothian Nicholson, a former Governor of Gibraltar, and Mary Romilly, Nicholson was commissioned into the Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment on 29 August 1885.[1] He became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment in November 1914 and commanded his regiment at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 where he was wounded.[2] He went on to command the 16th Brigade at Hooge in August 1915 and then became General Officer Commanding 34th Division commanding it at the Battle of the Somme in autumn 1916, the Battle of Arras in April 1917 and the Battle of the Lys in April 1918 as well as subsequent battles on the Western Front.[2]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1916 Birthday Honours[3] and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1918 New Year Honours.[4] He was then advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1919 Birthday Honours.[5]

He went on to become General Officer Commanding the Eastern Division of the British Army of the Rhine in March 1919 and then General Officer Commanding 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division in April 1921 before retiring in April 1925.[6]

References

1. "No. 25506". The London Gazette. 28 August 1885. p. 4083.
2. "Private Papers of Major-General Sir (Cecil) Lothian Nicholson KCMG, KCB". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
3. "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1916. p. 5558.
4. "No. 13186". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 January 1918. p. 8.
5. "No. 13462". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 June 1919. p. 2136.
6. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 30 May 2020.