Nigel Richards (British Army officer) explained

Nigel Richards
Birth Date:15 August 1945
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Serviceyears:1965–1998
Rank:Major-General
Commands:7th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
5th Airborne Brigade
4th Division
Battles:Bosnian War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Nigel William Fairbairn Richards CB CBE (15 August 1945 – 21 November 2019) was a British Army officer who commanded 4th Division.

Military career

Educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge,[1] Richards was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1965. He was given command of 7th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery in 1983. He was appointed Commander of 5th Airborne Brigade in 1989, Director of Army Staff Duties at the Ministry of Defence in 1991 and Chief of Combat Support for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in 1994 during the Bosnian War. His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1996 before he retired in 1998.[2]

He died on 21 November 2019 at the age of 74.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peterhouse College Newsletter 2006 . 7 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009131824/http://www.petreans.net/assets/documents/128/newsletter-2006.pdf . 9 October 2011 . dead .
  2. Book: Tanner, James. The British Army since 2000. Oxford. Osprey Publishing. 2014. 978-1-78200-593-3. 13.
  3. Web site: RICHARDS - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements . 2023-06-11 . announcements.telegraph.co.uk . 5 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191205102320/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/237671/richards . dead .