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Surname: NICHOLSON
Forename(s): William
Place of Birth: Whitby, Yorkshire
Service No: 54488
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 19th (Service) Battalion. (2nd Tyneside Pioneers)
Division: 35th Division
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1918-03-28
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 16 to 18.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Nicholson was the son of John and Ellen Nicholson, née Clark and brother of Private John Nicholson (267105) (q.v.). Their father was born at Trimdon, Co. Durham and mother at Whitby, Yorkshire.
1891 Whitby, Yorkshire Census: Cock Pit Yard, Church Street - William Nicholson, aged 1 month, born Whitby. [William's mother, Ellen, and her children were living with her parents, William and Hannah Clarke.]
1901 Whitby, Yorkshire Census: Cock Pit Yard - William Nicholson, aged 10 years, born Whitby. [William's parents, John and Ellen, and their children were living with Ellen's mother, Hannah Clark, widow.]
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 23, Midland Street - William Nicholson, aged 20 years, born Whitby, Yorkshire, son of John and Ellen Nicholson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William Nicholson, 54488, North'd Fus. K. in A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte William Nicholson, 54488, 19th North'd Fus. K. in A.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte William Nicholson, 54488, 19th (S) Bn Northd. Fus. Date and Place of Death: 28.3.18 France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father: John. £15 13s. 9d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: joint card(s) exist for William and John. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Ellen Nicholson. Relationship: Mother. Address: 23, Midland Street, Skipton, Yorks.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
NICHOLSON, Wm., aged 27, N.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Nicholson, 3, Midland Street, Skipton, killed in action March 28, 1918.
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Private William NICHOLSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 35th Division
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26 April 1918
Private William Nicholson, Skipton
To the steadily increasing list of Skipton men who have given their all in the Great War has also to be added the name of Private William Nicholson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholson, of 23 Midland Street, Skipton, who was killed in action on March 28th. Twenty-seven years of age, he enlisted in the ‘Duke’s’ in February 1916 and was afterwards transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers, and had been in France about six months. In civil life he was employed by Sir John Horsfall and Sons, Hayfield Mills, Glusburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson have two other sons serving in France: Private Robert Nicholson, with the Notts. Regiment, and Private Harry Nicholson with the West Riding Regiment; while a third son, Pte. John Nicholson, of the West Riding Regiment, was killed on May 3rd 1917.
In a letter of sympathy to the parents, deceased’s officer says:– “His loss is felt very much by the platoon, and he was very popular with all his pals. Please accept my sincere sympathy and that of the N.C.O.s and men in the platoon with you in your very sad loss.”
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22 February 1918
SKIPTON
PTE. J. NICHOLSON PRESUMED KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholson, of 23, Midland Street, Skipton, yesterday received an official intimation from the Infantry Records Office, York, presuming the death of their son, Private John Nicholson, of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, who had been missing since May 3rd, 1917. Private Nicholson, who was 29 years of age, enlisted in March, 1916, and went out to France in February, 1917. He was formerly employed as a labourer by Mr. William Barrett, monumental mason, Crosshills, and was also a member of the Congregational Brotherhood. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson have three other sons serving in France, Private William Nicholson, of the Northumberland Fusiliers; Private Robert Nicholson, of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, who was wounded in August, 1916; and Private Harry Nicholson, also of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, who was gassed in August last. They have also a son-in-law serving, Private Albert Clark, of the Lincolnshire Regiment, who has also been wounded.
26 April 1918
NICHOLSON – Killed in action, March 28th, Pte. Wm. Nicholson, Northumberland Fusiliers, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholson, of 23, Midland Street, Skipton, aged 27.
26 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Private Wm. Nicholson Killed
Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholson, of 23, Midland Street, Skipton, have received official information from the Infantry Record Office, York, that their son, Pte. Wm. Nicholson, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, was killed in action on March 28th. In a letter to Pte. Nicholson’s parents, an officer writes:– “His loss was felt very much by the platoon, as he was very popular with his pals. Please accept my very sincere sympathy, and the sympathy of all the N.C.O.’s and men in the platoon, with you in your very sad loss.” Pte. Nicholson, who was 27 years of age, enlisted in February, 1916, and was attached to the West Riding Regiment, but was later transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers. He had been out in France about six months. He was formerly employed by Sir. John. C. Horsfall at Hayfield Mills, Glusburn. Another son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson, Pte. John Nicholson, of the West Riding Regiment, was presumed killed on May 3rd, 1917. They have two other sons serving in France, Pte. Robert Nicholson, of the Nottingham Regiment, and Pte. Harry Nicholson, of the West Riding Regiment.
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I am just amazed to learn what happened to William. I knew John died in the war 1917 but nobody ever mentioned William died as well. John left a toddler age 2 called Hilda. Nobody ever mentioned her either. To get pictures as well is unbelievable. If they came back from the dead it would be even better! lol to tell the tale.