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Military service
Service number:
CDN/644
Age:
29
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Gloucestershire Regiment
Division:
2nd
Birth:
August 6, 1915
Victoria, British Columbia
Enlistment:
September 1, 1939
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Death:
December 10, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXII. D. 16.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Jane Nicholas. Husband of Grace A. Nicholas, of Tattenham Corner, Surrey, England.
William Nicholas was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Gloucestershire Regiment as a CANLOAN Officer.
Digital gallery of Captain William Edward Nicholas
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Photo of WILLIAM EDWARD NICHOLAS
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Id Card
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Photo of WILLIAM EDWARD NICHOLAS
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Attestation paper
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Circumstances of death
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Letter
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Letter
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Digital gallery of
Captain William Edward Nicholas
Digital gallery of
Captain William Edward Nicholas
Digital gallery of
Captain William Edward Nicholas
Digital gallery of
Captain William Edward Nicholas
Digital gallery of
Captain William Edward Nicholas
Digital gallery of
Captain William Edward Nicholas
Digital gallery of
Captain William Edward Nicholas
Digital gallery of
Captain William Edward Nicholas
Digital gallery of
Captain William Edward Nicholas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 404 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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