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General Sir Richard Nelson Gale, GCB , KBE , DSO , MC ( 1896 – 1982 ) was a British soldier who served in both world wars, rising eventually to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

In World War I he was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 whilst serving as a junior officer in the Machine Gun Corps . In World War II he served with 1st Parachute Brigade and then the 6th Airborne Division during the Invasion Of Normandy (D-Day) in 1944.


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PUBLICATIONS

  • ''With the 6th Airborne Div in Normandy'' (Sampson Low, Marston & Co, London, 1948)

  • ''Call to arms. An autobiography'' (Hutchinson, London, 1968)

  • ''Great battles of biblical history'' (Hutchinson, London, 1968)

  • ''The Worcestershire Regiment, the 29th and 36th Regiments of foot'' (Leo Cooper, London, 1970)

  • ''Kings at arms: the use and abuse of power in the great kingdoms of the East'' (Hutchinson, London, 1971)