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- Eric_Bols abstract "Major-General Eric Louis Bols, CB, DSO and Bar (8 June 1904 – 14 June 1985) was an officer in the British Army, who was most notable for serving as the commanding officer of the British 6th Airborne Division during Operation Varsity in 1945. Born in Surrey in 1904, Bols joined the 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, 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 Medal_bar.
- Eric_Bols award Order_of_the_Bath.
- Eric_Bols award Silver_Star.
- 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 militaryBranch British_Army.
- 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 King's_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 awards Order_of_the_Bath.
- Eric_Bols awards Silver_Star.
- Eric_Bols awards "Distinguished Service Order and bar".
- Eric_Bols battles Operation_Varsity.
- Eric_Bols battles World_War_II.
- Eric_Bols birthDate "1904-06-08".
- Eric_Bols birthPlace Camberley.
- Eric_Bols birthPlace Surrey.
- Eric_Bols branch British_Army.
- Eric_Bols caption "Major General Eric Bols with Field Marshal Montgomery during the Battle of the Bulge.".
- Eric_Bols commands "185".
- Eric_Bols commands "3".
- Eric_Bols commands "6".
- Eric_Bols dateOfBirth "1904-06-08".
- Eric_Bols dateOfDeath "1985-06-14".
- Eric_Bols deathDate "1985-06-14".
- Eric_Bols deathPlace Battle,_East_Sussex.
- Eric_Bols hasPhotoCollection Eric_Bols.
- Eric_Bols name "Bols, Eric".
- Eric_Bols name "Eric Bols".
- Eric_Bols placeOfBirth Camberley.
- Eric_Bols placeOfBirth Surrey.
- Eric_Bols placeOfDeath "Battle, East Sussex".
- Eric_Bols quote ""I liked him a lot. He was very good with the young chaps and was popular[...]He had the ability to get on well with people who were a couple of decades younger than himself. He was very proud of the Grenadier Guards and made people look up and not down, but with no personal arrogance."".
- Eric_Bols rank Major_general.
- Eric_Bols serviceyears "1924".
- Eric_Bols shortDescription "British Army general".
- Eric_Bols source "Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning on Eric Bols as a Cadet at Sandhurst.".
- Eric_Bols title "General Officer Commanding the 6th Airborne Division".
- Eric_Bols unit Devonshire_Regiment.
- Eric_Bols unit King's_Regiment_(Liverpool).
- Eric_Bols width "35.0".
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- Eric_Bols years "December 1944–March 1946".
- Eric_Bols years "December 1946–August 1947".
- Eric_Bols description "British Army general".
- Eric_Bols description "British Army general".
- Eric_Bols subject Category:1904_births.
- Eric_Bols subject Category:1985_deaths.
- Eric_Bols subject Category:British_Army_generals_of_World_War_II.
- Eric_Bols subject Category:Companions_of_the_Distinguished_Service_Order_and_Bar.
- Eric_Bols subject Category:Companions_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath.
- Eric_Bols subject Category:Devonshire_Regiment_officers.
- Eric_Bols subject Category:Graduates_of_the_Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst.
- Eric_Bols subject Category:King's_Regiment_(Liverpool)_officers.
- Eric_Bols subject Category:People_from_Camberley.
- Eric_Bols subject Category:Recipients_of_the_Silver_Star.
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