About Nigel Richards
Lived 1945 – 2019 (aged 74). Nigel Richards was a British military personnel.
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, 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.
He died on 21 November 2019 at the age of 74.
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British Army general (1945-2019)
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Nigel Richards was born on 15 August 1945.
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Nigel Richards died on 21 November 2019.
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Nigel Richards was British.
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