Norman L. Foster
Born1909
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service?–1962
Rank Major general
UnitDuke of Wellington's Regiment
Commands heldNigerian 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.[1][2][3][4]

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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