George Herbert Nichols

George Herbert Nichols served as a British artillery officer and writer whose First World War narrative appeared under the initials G. H. F. Nichols. Pushed and the Return Push records service on the Western Front during the German spring offensives of 1918 and the Allied advance that followed. Published by William Blackwood and Sons, the book combines unit-level observation with the broader rhythm of retreat, reorganization, and renewed movement. Nichols served with the Royal Field Artillery, so batteries, transport, communications, ammunition, weather, and rapidly changing positions shape his account more than retrospective political argument. The title’s two-part structure mirrors the military sequence it describes: pressure during the German attack, then the counter-movement toward the war’s conclusion. Library and digitized-book records usually credit the author as G. H. F. Nichols, making the supplied form George Herbert Nichols a possible identity mismatch that should be reported rather than silently repaired. Pushed and the Return Push remains a detailed participant narrative of artillery work during the conflict’s final year.