BORN HULL 1879. SON OF ROBERT NICHOLSON (18441893) AND CHARLOTTE NICHOLSON (1852-1934), OF 73 PORTLAND STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. 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 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”.
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
36590
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/09/1918
Place died:
VRAUCOURT COPSE CEMETERY, VAULX-VRAUCOURT, FRANCE
Age:
39
44 , GOODWIN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
