BORN HULL 1879. SON OF ROBERT NICHOLSON (18441893) AND CHARLOTTE NICHOLSON (1852-1934), OF 73 PORTLAND STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN.
HUSBAND OF ROSA DOWNES, OF 40, DAY STREET, HULL. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, LUCY MAY, GEORGE AND ELSIE.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13046, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 36590, 7TH SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/09/1918, AGED 39.
HIS WIFE WAS CONSIDERED AN “UNWORTHY MOTHER” (WAR PENSION RECORDS). HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS AUNT, EDITH NORTON. HE ALSO LEFT HER £342 IN HIS WILL. 44 GOODWIN STREET WAS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
BURIED AT VRAUCOURT COPSE CEMETERY, VAULX-VRAUCOURT, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY WILL BE DONE”.
