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John Humphrey Nicholson

In memory of:

Chief Engineer John Humphrey Nicholson

February 28, 1945
Georgetown, British Guiana

Military Service


Age:

37

Force:

Merchant Navy

Unit:

Canadian Merchant Navy

Division:

SS Elk Island Park (Montréal, Québec) (173792)

Additional Information


Born:

January 1, 1908
Hull, England

Husband of Kathleen Nicholson of Osmortherley, Yorkshire, England.

He died of hepatitis and heart failure at the Public Hospital in Georgetown, Britlish Guiana (now Guyana), where he was buried.

Commemorated on Page 264 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

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