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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Poett Joseph Howard Nigel
|Army number=38346
|Rank=Lt Col
|Decorations=p.s.c.  D.S.O. 29/3/1945.  Bar to D.S.O. 24/6/1945.  Silver Star (USA).
|Date of birth=20/8/1907 - Dorchester, Dorset.
|Age=84 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry  - commissioned 2/Lt 1/9/1927 from RMC Camberley.  Served North West Frontier of India 1930 - 31.  Adjutant (Battalion not yet known) 1/10/1934 to 30/9/1937.  Posted 4 ITC 9/9/1939.  Graduated from Staff College - granted psc 27/12/1939.  Posted to War Office as GSO3 24/10/1939.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI 20/7/1942 in command.  Commanded Parachute Brigade 5/7/1943.  HQ Para Brigade SEAC 1/10/1945.  Appointed Chief of Staff FARELF 24/7/1950.
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ.
|Task or role=C.O.
|Joined Brigade=20/7/1942.
|Promotions=Lieutenant 1/9/1930.  Captain 30/6/1937.  Acting Major 25/11/1939 to 24/2/1940. Temporary Major 25/2/1940 to 1/7/1940 and 5/7/1940 to 16/6/1941.  War Substantive Major 17/6/1941.  T/Lt Col 17/6/1941. T/Brigadier.  Lt Colonel 25/3/1949.  Colonel 31/12/1949.  T/Major-General 24/7/1950.  
|Died/Killed in action=Died October 1991, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
|Home address=For family details see General Poett's biography.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

To read a biography of General Poett, please click [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Poett here].

To read his detailed entry in the "Pegasus Archive" please click [http://www.pegasusarchive.org/normandy/nigel_poett.htm here].

To see his image in the files of the National Portrait Gallery, please click [http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw90037/Sir-Joseph-Howard-Nigel-Poett here].