Major-General Robert Malcolm Bowstead Nitsch

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is a retired

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officer who served as General Officer Commanding Support Command.

Military career

Nitsch was commissioned into the

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in 1983. He became Commander of

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and went on to be head of logistics for UK forces in

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. In February 2011 he took part in the joint US-UK investigation into the unsuccessful operation to release Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove. He became Director of Army Manning in April 2012 and General Officer Commanding Support Command in August 2013. Already a

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(MBE), Nitsch was appointed

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(CBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours. He was Honorary Colonel of Southampton UOTC from 2014 to 2024.

References

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