General Sir William Charles Nicholls, KCB (25 February 1854 – 1 December 1935) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
Educated at Cheltenham College, Nicholls was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery on 15 July 1872.
[3] He became Deputy Adjutant-General at Headquarters, Royal Marine Forces in June 1911.
[4] At that time the Deputy Adjutant-General was the professional head of the Royal Marines.
[5] His post was redesignated Adjutant-General Royal Marines in early 1914[6][7] shortly before the Gallipoli landings, in which the Royal Marine Forces took a prominent role, in June 1915 during the First World War.