Field Marshal Sir Nigel Bagnall was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1985 and 1989. In the military systems of many countries, the Chief of the General Staff is the professional head of that countrys General Staff. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He was born in India in 1927 and joined the British Army in 1945. He served in Palestine, Malaya, Singapore, Cyprus and Germany where he was commander of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). He is also a military historian and fellow of Balliol CollegeOxford The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). ... Full name Balliol College Motto - Named after John de Balliol Previous names - Established 1263 Sister College St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham (academic) Location Broad Street Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ...
He wrote a history of the Punic wars published by Pimlico in 1990 The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and the Phoenician city of Carthage. ...
Field Marshal Sir John Stanier was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1982 and 1985. ... In the military systems of many countries, the Chief of the General Staff is the professional head of that countrys General Staff. ... Field Marshal Sir John Lyon Chapple was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1989 and 1992. ...
Field Marshal Sir NigelBagnall began his career as an infantryman in the Malaysian jungle, spent his middle years trying to make military sense of Nato's nuclear-dominated strategy on the north German plain, and ended up a Whitehall warrior who fell foul of Margaret Thatcher.
Bagnall held that soldiers will take tough criticism if they respect their commander and know that he is genuinely concerned for their welfare.
It fell to Bagnall eventually to persuade them of a fact their predecessors would easily have understood - that a static defensive line along the Iron Curtain was not good enough.
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