Richard Lindsay Nicholson

Richard Lindsay Nicholson was born on 29 October 1882 in New Delhi.^[2] He began his military career on 15 January 1898.^[3] He was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 August 1904 and to Lieutenant-Commander on 15 August 1912.^[4] After the British entry into World War I, Nicholson served on HMS Iron Duke on 4 August 1914 and served in the ship's chief of staff.^[5] A year later Nicholson was promoted to commander on 31 December 1915.^[6] After participating in the Battle of Jutland, Nicholson was praised for his wireless telegraph work and the organisation of it on 15 September 1916.^[7] Richard then served as the Director of Signal Division on 5 January 1918.^[8] After the war's conclusion, Nicholson was placed on the Retirement list at his own request and ultimately promoted to captain in 1927.^[4] On 9 July 1926 Nicholson became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts at the Annual General Meeting that year.^[2]