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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

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division
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