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British Army officer and Nigerian Army commander

Norman L. Foster
Born1909
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service?–1962
Rank Major general
UnitDuke of Wellington's Regiment
CommandsNigerian Army
Battles / warsWorld War II

Major general Norman L. Foster CB DSO (born 1909) was a British Army General Officer Commanding (GOC) in Duke of Wellington's Regiment of the Royal Nigerian Military Forces between 1959 and 1962.

References

  1. Killingray, David (1983). The British Military Presence in West Africa [Research Memorandum]. University of Oxford, Development Records Project. pp. 14, 175. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  2. Nigerian Chiefs of Army Staff since Independence - Nigeria Watch (PDF). Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  3. OEminently (6 March 2021). "SHOCKING! ! ! Meet The First Indigenous Head Of The Nigerian Army Who Was An Igbo Man". Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  4. Kirk-Greene, A. H. M. (1964). "A Preliminary Note on New Sources for Nigerian Military History". Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 3 (1): 129–147. JSTOR 41856693. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

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Preceded byMaj-Gen Kenneth G. Exham General Office Commanding (GOC), Royal Nigerian Military Forces
1959–1962 		Succeeded byMaj-Gen John Alexander Mackenzie


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