BORN HULL 27/04/1898. SON OF HORACE NICHOLSON (1874-1954) & FANNY STOUT (1875-1960). OF 26 ELM AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL. ELDEST OF THREE SONS. A HULL SCHOOL TEACHER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 27260, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 42188. 1ST ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/11/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED AT THE CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS FATHER, HORACE.
HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON A BRONZE PLAQUE AT THE CITY COUNCIL GUILDHALL, TO 27 HULL TEACHERS LOST DURING WW1.
First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
42188
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
20/11/1917
Place died:
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France
Age:
19
3 SOUTH VIEW, SHERBURN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
