G. W. L. Nicholson

G. W. L. Nicholson
Born	(1902-01-06)6 January 1902 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Died	28 February 1980(1980-02-28) (aged 78) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Buried	Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Canadian Army
Years of service	1940–1961
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Prince Albert Volunteers Historical Section, General Staff
Battles/wars	World War II
Alma mater	Queen's University, (B.A., 1931) University of Toronto, (B.Ed., 1935)

Colonel Gerald William Lingen Nicholson CD (6 January 1902 – 28 February 1980) was a British-Canadian soldier, historian, author, and teacher. From 1943 until his retirement in 1961, Nicholson served in the Historical Section, Canadian Army, where in 1959 he succeeded Colonel Charles Perry Stacey to become the section's second director. Nicholson authored numerous histories of Canada's military. He is best known for his 1962 book Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, the only official history of Canada's participation in World War I.