Major General Nicholas John Caplin, CB, CBE (born 4 December 1958) is a retired British Army officer who commanded United Kingdom Support Command (Germany) from 2009 to 2012.
Educated at Poole Grammar School and the University of Surrey (BSc Economics),[1] Caplin was commissioned into the Army Air Corps, joining 661 Squadron AAC in 1980.
[2] Promoted to lieutenant colonel, Caplin became a member of the directing staff at the Staff College, Camberley, in 1995 and commanding officer of 3 Regiment Army Air Corps at Wattisham in 1997, at which time his regiment was involved in operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[3] He became chief army instructor at the Royal College of Defence Studies in October 2012.
[4] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to veterans and the vision impaired.