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Sergeant Richard Henry Nicholson

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Service number: 5611
Age: 34
Rank: Sergeant
Force: RCMP
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Division: D Division
Birth: April 28, 1894 County Tyrone
Enlistment: June 17, 1913
Death: December 31, 1928 Molson, Manitoba
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Sgt. Nicholson was born in Ireland. He was the Force’s first chauffeur. He was promoted to Cpl. in 1916 and to Sgt. in 1919. In 1918 he went to war as part of the RNWMP Cavalry Draft. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Sgt. Nicholson was married to Margaret and had two children, Alice and Harold. He was killed while conducting a search for an illicit still. Sgt. Nicholson is buried in the RCMP Cemetery at Depot.

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Page 49 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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