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Military service
Service number:
B/19597
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
6th Armd. Regt.
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. H. 14.
Additional information
Son of James A. and Alice Pearl Nichol, of London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Gordon Ivan Nichol
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Grave Marker
G.I. Nichol's grave in Normandy, France. -
Photo of Gordon Ivan Nichol
From newspaper article, July 1944 EXETER SOLDIER DIES IN FRANCE "Mr. and Mrs. James A. Nichol of Exeter have received official word that their second son, L.Cpl. Gordon Ivan Nichol, died in France on June 11. The cause of his death is yet unknown. He was in his 25th year. L.Cpl. Nichol was born at Bluevale in 1921, with his parents, moved to Grey Township where he received his primary eduation and his high school education in Brussels. In June, 1941, he enlisted and in November of that year he went overseas." -
Memorial
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Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Ivan Nichol
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Ivan Nichol
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Ivan Nichol
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Ivan Nichol
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Ivan Nichol
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 404 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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