BORN HULL 1894.SN OF RICHARD AND MARTHA NICHOLSON, OF CLOUGH ROAD, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A LABOURER. HE MARRIED DOROTHY L. PARKINSON, AT HULL, IN 1916. HIS WIFE DOROTHY LIVED AT 107 CHURCH STREET, GRIMSBY, & THE ABOVE ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5336, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 34810, 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/09/1916, AGED 22. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 17/10/1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. ON HULL CITY ENGINEER DEPT. MEMORIAL. BURIED AT SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.1, PAS DE CALAIS. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "AT REST"