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John Robert NICHOLSON

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Surname: NICHOLSON

Forename(s): John Robert

Place of Birth: Lancaster, Lancashire

Service No: 46470

Rank: L/Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers

Battalion / Unit: 13th (Service) Battalion

Division: 21st Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1917-06-16

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 2 and 3.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

John Robert Nicholson was the son of Robert and Eva Nicholson, née Dixon. Robert was born at Lancaster, Lancashire and Eva at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

1901 Millom, Cumberland Census: 44, Surrey Street - John R. Nicholson, aged 9 years, born Lancaster, Lancashire. [John was living with his grandmother Maria and step-grandfather, John Plant.]

1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 43, Manchester Road - John Robert Nicholson, aged 18 years, born Lancaster, Lancashire, son of Eva Nicholson, widow.

John was married to Susannah Warburton in 1914.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John R. Nicholson, 46470, Northumberland Fusiliers.

A short biography of John is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).

Data Source: Craven Herald Article

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division

Data from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Records

Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: NICHOLSON

Forename(s): John Robert

Born: Lancaster

Residence:

Enlisted: Keighley, Yorks

Number: 46470

Rank: L/Cpl

Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers

Battalion: 13th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 16/06/17

Died How: Died

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes: Formerly 32969, Durham L.I.

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: NICHOLSON

Forename(s): John Robert

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 46470

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers

Unit: 13th Bn.

Age:

Awards:

Died Date: 16/06/1917

Additional Information:

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20 July 1917

BARNOLDSWICK – MISSING

Mrs. Nicholson, 62, Rainhall Road, Barnoldswick, has been officially notified that her husband, Private John Robert Nicholson, Northumberland Fusiliers, has been posted missing since June 16th. He had been in France eight months, and before joining up was a weaver employed by the Bankfield Manufacturing Co. Mr. and Mrs. Jas Warburton, of the same address, whose son-in-law he was, have also two sons at the Front.

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20 July 1917

BARNOLDSWICK – MISSING

Mrs. Nicholson, 62, Rainhall Road, Barnoldswick, has been officially notified that her husband Pte. John Robert Nicholson, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, has been posted missing since June 16th. He had been in France eight months, and before joining up was a weaver employed by the Bankfield Manufacturing Company. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Warburton, of the same address, whose son-in-law he was, have also two sons at the front.

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