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Military service
Service number:
193340
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
April 4, 1886
Fraserborough, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 1, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 4, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. A. 9.
Additional information
Son of William and Ellen Nicol, of Fraserburg, Scotland; husband of Elizabeth Ann (nee Simpson) Nicol, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Stuartson Nicol
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at La Chaudiere Military Cemetery located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper Clipping
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Nicol enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Nicol enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
Shoulder Patch 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Nicol enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Stuartson Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Stuartson Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Stuartson Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Stuartson Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Stuartson Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Stuartson Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Stuartson Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Stuartson Nicol
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 301 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.
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