Nicholson, Lawrence John | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - Army Cyclist Corps. Image kindly provided by Europeana.

Name on Memorial:

Nicholson, L.

Forename(s):

Lawrence John

Surname:

Nicholson

Date of Death:

Monday, April 9, 1917

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Service Number:

26812

Rank:

Private

Service:

Army

Unit:

Army Cyclist Corps, Royal Sussex Regiment

Prisoner of War:

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Lawrence was the son of John and Emily Nicholson. Lawrence had one sister, Winifred Muriel Emily. He had been working as an Accountant Clerk when war broke out.

Lawrence enlisted at the Mansion House in Middlesex and served as a Private attached to the Wiltshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion. Lawrence was killed in action near Arras, France on 9th April 1917.

Addresses before and during the war

10 Woodbine Road, Gosforth, Castle Ward (place of residence as entered in the 1911 census)

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Lawrence is buried in the Neuville-Vitasse Road Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France.

Memorials

Other Memorials:

Lawrence is commemorated on a stained glass window in St. Nicholas' Church, Gosforth, which was commissioned by his parents.

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