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CHARLES NICHOLSON MM
Kingston upon Hull HU3 2
England
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, BORN BETWEEN 1906-1910..
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".
Vaulx-Vraucourt 62159
Hauts-de-France
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