Angus Dacres Nicholl

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Rear-Admiral Angus Dacres Nicholl, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., Royal Navy (17 November, 1896 – 12 April, 1977) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Nicholl joined the navy as part of a special emergency term taken into the Training Establishment in September 1914.

At the Battle of Jutland he was a midshipman in charge of a 13.5-inch gun magazine handing room in H.M.S. Marlborough. In 1966 he was one of the six British veterans of the Battle of Jutland to be present at a meeting of British and German warships at the site of the Battle.

Bibliography

  • "Rear-Admiral A. D. Nicholl" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 16 April, 1977. Issue 59979, col F, pg. 14.

Service Record

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Gerald D. Yates
Captain of H.M.S. Penelope
Apr, 1941[1] – Apr, 1942[2]
Succeeded by
George D. Belben

Footnotes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  2. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.