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Revision as of 22:34, 20 December 2009
Admiral SIR Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., Royal Navy (4 March, 1867 – 8 February, 1946) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
When Roger Keyes was appointed from Rear-Admiral in the Fourth Battle Squadron to the new position of Director of Plans at the Admiralty, Sturdee requested "White Nick" to succeed Keyes.[1] Nicholson hoisted his flag on 22 September in Colossus.
Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 10 March, 1925, vice Gaunt.
Footnotes
- ↑ Keyes Papers. I. p. 408.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Douglas Nicholson" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 9 February, 1946. Issue 50372, col E, pg. 7.
- Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow, First Baron Keyes (1972). Halpern, Paul G.. ed. The Keyes Papers. Volume I: 1914-1918. London: Navy Records Society.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
