BORN HULL 1891. SON OF EDWARD & MARY ANN LEADLEY, OF 7 JOHN’S TERRACE, ARUNDLE STREET (1901 CENSUS) AND 28 SHERBURN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. A GENERAL LABOURER AT PREMIER OIL MILLS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 11/03/1912, AGED 21 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS.. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST. EX, PRIVATE, 1318 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/10/1917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TOHIS FATHER, EDWARD.
First name:
GEORGE NICHOLSON
Military Number:
277407
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/10/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
7 JOHNS TERRACE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
