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- Eric_Bols abstract "Major General Eric Louis Bols CB, DSO & Bar (8 June 1904–14 June 1985) was an senior officer of the British Army, who, during World War II, was most notable for serving as the General Officer Commanding 6th Airborne Division during Operation Varsity in March 1945.Born in Surrey in 1904, Bols joined the British Army in 1924 and saw service in a number of areas of the British Empire during the inter-war period, including Hong Kong and Shanghai, as well as Malta. He served as a Cadet Instructor at Sandhurst and attended courses at the British Army Staff College on promotion to captain.When the Second World War began in September 1939, Bols moved through several staff officer positions, serving in several institutions and Army formations before being promoted to colonel and taking charge of all training for the troops under the command of 21st Army Group and helping to plan Operation Overlord. Bols was then promoted again and commanded a brigade during the Allied advance through Western Europe, before taking command of the 6th Airborne Division in late 1944. He led the division in the Battle of the Bulge, as well as Operation Varsity, the airborne operation to cross the River Rhine, then led the division into northern Germany until the end of the conflict. After the end of the war Bols remained in command of the division in peace-keeping duties in the Middle East, and then retired in 1948 as a major-general.".
- Eric_Bols award Distinguished_Service_Order.
- Eric_Bols award Order_of_the_Bath.
- Eric_Bols award Silver_Star.
- Eric_Bols battle Battle_of_Overloon.
- Eric_Bols battle Battle_of_the_Bulge.
- Eric_Bols battle Operation_Overlord.
- Eric_Bols battle Operation_Varsity.
- Eric_Bols battle World_War_II.
- Eric_Bols birthDate "1904-06-08".
- Eric_Bols birthPlace Camberley.
- Eric_Bols birthPlace Surrey.
- Eric_Bols birthYear "1904".
- Eric_Bols deathDate "1985-06-14".
- Eric_Bols deathYear "1985".
- Eric_Bols militaryCommand "185th Infantry Brigade(1944)".
- Eric_Bols militaryCommand "3rd Reconnaissance Regiment".
- Eric_Bols militaryCommand "6th Airborne Division(1944–1946)".
- Eric_Bols militaryUnit Devonshire_Regiment.
- Eric_Bols militaryUnit Kings_Regiment_(Liverpool).
- Eric_Bols serviceEndYear "1948".
- Eric_Bols serviceStartYear "1924".
- Eric_Bols thumbnail 6th_Airborne_Personnel.jpg?width=300.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageExternalLink Bols_EL.
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- Eric_Bols wikiPageLength "17993".
- Eric_Bols wikiPageOutDegree "141".
- Eric_Bols wikiPageRevisionID "700734182".
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink 17th_Airborne_Division_(United_States).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink 185th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink 21st_Army_Group.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink 3rd_(Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers)_Reconnaissance_Regiment.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink 3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink 51st_(Highland)_Division.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink 6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink 6th_Airborne_Division_in_Palestine.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Acting_(rank).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Allied_advance_from_Paris_to_the_Rhine.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Ardennes.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Battle,_East_Sussex.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Battle_for_Caen.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Overloon.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_the_Bulge.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Belgium.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink British_Army.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink British_Empire.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Camberley.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Category:1904_births.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Category:1985_deaths.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_Army_generals_of_World_War_II.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companions_of_the_Distinguished_Service_Order_and_Bar.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companions_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Category:Devonshire_Regiment_officers.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Category:Graduates_of_the_Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Category:Kings_Regiment_(Liverpool)_officers.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Camberley.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Category:Recipients_of_the_Silver_Star.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Catterick_Garrison.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Ceylon_Defence_Force.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Chief_of_staff.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Colonel_(United_Kingdom).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Devonshire_Regiment.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Distinguished_Service_Order.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Edmund_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Egypt.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Frederick_Browning.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink General_(United_Kingdom).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink General_officer_commanding.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Glider_infantry.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Grenadier_Guards.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Hong_Kong.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Hugh_Stockwell.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Invasion_of_Normandy.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink James_Cassels_(British_Army_officer).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Kings_Regiment_(Liverpool).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Konstantin_Rokossovsky.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Lord.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Louis_Bols.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Lübeck.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Major-general_(United_Kingdom).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Major_(United_Kingdom).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Major_general_(United_States).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Malta.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Matthew_Ridgway.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Medal_bar.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Military_communications.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Normandy_landings.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink North_German_Plain.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Officer_(armed_forces).
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Bluecoat.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Charnwood.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Goodwood.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Overlord.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Tonga.
- Eric_Bols wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Varsity.