First Army Officer

[Dirty Harry]

need some help

 

cant for the life of me figure out this signature from a first army staff officer in 1916.  First part looks like O H L. The surname i cant figure it out.  Any suggestions?

 

Thanks 

 

Paul

[PRC]

Surname looks like Nicholson to me, which leads to the MiC for this officer, Octavius Henry Lothian Nicholson, First Army Lieutenant Colonel, (landed in France as a Captain in the West Yorkshire Regiment).

Image courtesy Ancestry.

There are also quite a few MiD cards in the National Archive catalogue as a Staff Officer (as O H L Nicholson), going through Captain to Major to Lieutenant Colonel.

He finished his Army Career as a Major-General. The National Portrait Galley has a photograph of him here https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp142772/octavius-henry-lothian-nicholson

Post War he would command the Kings Own Royal Regiment and the regimental museum has a picture of him - he apparently died while on leave http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/ko0013-70.htm

Cheers,
Peter

[Dirty Harry]

and GSO First Army.  Think uve hit the nail on the head !

 

couldnt figure it out

 

Thanks PRC

 

ive a vague recollection that he might be one of the Nicholson's appeared in a WFA lecture

 

Edited 1 November , 2023 by Dirty Harry