BORN DAWLEY, SHROPHSIRE, 1893. HUSBAND OF DORIS E. NICKLESS, OF 281 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF RICHARD NICKLESS (1867-1943) & ELIZA REECE NICKLESS (1872-1954), FROM SALOP. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED AT WELLINGTON. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 73289, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, 96TH FIELD AMBULANCE. HE WAS KILLED AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, DORIS. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, SAMUEL NICKLESS, KING’S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN FRANCE, ON 27/09/1918, AGED 27
First name:
RICHARD
Military Number:
73289
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/07/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
