BORN HULL 1897. SON OF RICHARD EDWIN NICHOLSON (1865-1898) AND ANNIE ELIZABETH NICHOLSON, OF 230 WELLGATE, ROTHERHAM. A FORMER BUTCHER’S BOY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 2428, 1/5TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED OF GAS WOUNDS, AT YPRES, ON 19/12/1915, AGED 19.
HE IS BURIED AT BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “HE NOBLY DIED AT DUTY’S CALL”
First name:
RICHARD HAROLD
Military Number:
2428
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/12/1915
Place died:
Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
