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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
2nd Lt. Lancelot Nicholson
British Army 9th Btn. A Coy Yorkshire Regiment
from:3, Bath Terrace, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham
(d.20th Sep 1917)
Pte Matthew Nicholson
British Army 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Durham
(d.12th April 1918)
Matthew Nicholson is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing.
Pte. Norman Nicholson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
(d.29th Aug 1917)
Norman Nicholson is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Robert Nicholson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
Robert Nicholson enlisted in 1914
Pte. Samuel Nicholson
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
(d.13th July 1916)
Samuel Nicholson served with the 7th Btn Royal Sussex Regiment, part of the 12th Brigade, 36th Div. Sussex.
Pte. Scott Nicholson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
Scott Nicholson was wounded in 1916 and 1917
2nd Lt. T. W. Nicholson
Army 2/8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. T. Nicholson
British Army 8th Btn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment
(d.19th November 1915)
Private Nicholson was buried in the Polemidia Military Cemetery in Cyprus, Grave 64.
Cpl. Walter George Nicholson
British Army 6th Btn. Lincolnshire Rgt.
from:Nottingham
I have very little information about my grandfather, Walter Nicholson, apart from a copy of the medal roll. I understand he fought at the Somme but didn't talk to anyone about his experiences which were obviously horrendous. I think he may have been serving at Gallipoli as the medal roll mentions he served in the Balkans. I understand he was a member of 6th battalion The Lincolnshire regiment. After the army he worked as a printer on The Nottingham Evening Post and later as a weigh bridge clerk at Clifton Colliery in Nottingham.
Pte. Wilfred Nicholson
British Army 7th Btn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(d.2nd Apr 1918)
Wilfred Nicholson served with the 7th Btn King's Royal Rifle Corps and the 7th Btn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Pte William Nicholson
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:23, Midland St., Broughton Rd., Skipton, Yorks. p>
(d.28th March 1918)
Nicholson, William, Private, 54488, Killed on 28th March 1918, aged 27 years, Son of John and Ellen Nicholson, of 23, Midland St., Broughton Rd., Skipton, Yorks. p> Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial panel 16 to 18.
From the Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour
Bdr. William Nicholson
British Army Royal Field Artillery
(d.15th Oct 1918)
Bombardier William Nicholson served with the Royal Field Artillery and died on the 15th October 1918. He is buried in Jarrow Cemetery.
He was born at Jarrow in 1888, the son of James and Margaret Nicholson (nee Foster). The 1911 census show the family living at 12 Spencer Street, Hebburn Colliery. His father,James, is 48 and a coal mines shifter whose wife of 23 years is Margaret aged 44 years. William is 19 and a coal mines putter. His two sisters are Hannah, who is 20 and single, and Elizabeth, 19 and married for 10 months. Her married name is Poole and she has a daughter also called Elizabeth who is 9 months old.
Pte. William Henry Nicholson
British Army 1/5th Btn. Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment
from:East Riding of Yorkshire
William Henry Nicholson joined the North Eastern Railways Pals battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers. Upon arrival in France he was transferred to 1/5th Yorkshire and Lancaster Regiment, probably around September 1916. At a later point he was transferred to the Durham Light Infantry and was demobilised from there.
He returned home to work for what had become the London and North Eastern Railway. He married and had three sons, all of whom served in the Second War. He died after years of pain from rheumatoid arthritis which he ascribed to his years spent in the trenches of the First World War.
SSgt. William Henry Nicholson DCM.
British Army Lancs & Cheshire Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Great Meols
Billy Nicholson served with the Lancashire and Cheshire Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Cpl. William Nicholson
British Army 1/4th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Warmfield
(d.31st July 1917)
Uncle William was my grandmother's brother. He was gassed around 21st to 23rd of July 1917 and was shipped back to Liverpool. He died of his injuries on the 31st of July 1917. I wear his medals every Anzac Day & Remembrance Day in Australia. I have an image of his headstone in Warmfield and am seeking a service photo of him. My great grandfather also served in WW1 Pte 291 John Tottie.
Able Sea. T. A. Nicklen
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve SS Doric
(d.10th August 1919)
Able Seaman Nicklen was buried in the Mindelo Municipal Cemetery in Sao Vicente, Cape Verde, Grave 116.
Pte Ernest Anthony Nicks
British Army 1st/4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
from:Totnes
(d.8th March 1916)
Just in Remembrance of Private Ernest Nicks
Pte. Archibald Nicol
British Army 10th/11th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
(d.30th Jul 1916)
Archibald Nicol is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Editor's Note - At the time of his death, his Battalion were part of the 15th(Scottish) Division, engaged in the Battle of Pozieres, a phase of the Battle of the Somme.
Pte. Charles Nicol
British Army 6th Perthshire Battalion The Black Watch
from:Auchterarder
Charles married his wife Amelia Drydon in Perth, Perthshire, on June 26, 1915. He was a watchmaker and on his wedding certificate he notes that he is a Private in the 6th Perthshire Battalion, The Black Watch.
L/Sjt. David Nicol
British Army 2nd Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Kinross, Scotland
David Nichol served in the trenches in Europe, and was then sent to East Africa to participate in the East African Campaign in Tanganyika (Present-day Tanzania). He was invalided out to the UK, but returned to Kenya after the war.
I am still seeking much of the history of this little-known theatre of WW1.
Pte. David Nicol
British Army 6th Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Nitshill
(d.28th Jul 1916)
David Nicol is listed on the Nitshill War Memorial, he is also listed on the Thiepval Memorial.
Sgt. John Nicol
British Army 9th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
from:Cumnock, Ayrshire
(d.19th March 1917)
John Nichol was killed in April 1917, his death was reported in the local Ayrshire paper.
Alaxander Nicoll
British Army 3rd Dragoon Guards( Prince of Wales Own)
(d.13th May 1915)
Pte. David Nicoll
British Army 6th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Causeway End, Coupar Angus, Scotland
(d.15th Apr 1918)
For the last 100 years not much has been known about my great great Grandfather during his service, as very little details were given to his wife. It is only recently that we've been able to find out his battalion and where he is commemorated. David Nicoll enlisted the 31st of May 1915 at the age of 41 and first served with the Army Service Corps in horse transport.
He was killed, listed as missing and is commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial. David had 6 children (3 girls, 3 boys) his youngest was born the day after Armistice day, the daughter he never got to meet.
Pte. William "Postie" Nicoll
British Army 7th (Fife) Btn. Black Watch
from:St. Andrews
William Nicoll was born at 88 South Street in April 1885. His parents, Andrew and Isabella Nicoll, were descendants of fisher folk and can be traced back to Andrew Kipper c.1750, a shipwright who stayed at the Lady Head in the East End of St. Andrews. Most of his youth was spent in and around St. Andrews and Balmullo, where his father had a market garden. William was a founder member of the 1st St. Andrews Boy’s Brigade and was a member of the Colour Party at the laying of the foundation stone of the BB Hall. On leaving school, William started work as a postman delivering the mail in Leuchars and Ferry Port on Craig, now Tayport. During this time, he met and then married Agnes Gold Taylor, who worked in service in Tayport. They were married in Abdie Parish Church in 1910. They stayed for a time in North Street and then moved to 12 Southfield where 3 daughters and 3 sons were born. My father Joseph, the third oldest, was born in 1916.
At the outbreak of the First World War, William joined up with the 7th (Fife) Battalion, Black Watch. He was severely wounded at Passchendaele in 1917 and was admitted to No. 8 General Hospital Rouen on 22nd of October 1917 with gunshot wounds to thigh, hands, and left ankle. He spent almost 4 years in hospital in Glasgow and was visited regularly by Agnes, my grandmother, and their eldest daughter, my Auntie Nessie. On the first night of William’s return home to St. Andrews, my father asked my grandmother “Is that man going to stay here with us?” He had never seen him since he was a baby!
After recuperating at home, William returned to service in the post office in St. Andrews where he delivered mail from St. Andrews to Largoward, stopping at farms east and west of the Largo Road. This he did on foot, on bicycle, and with a pony and flat cart, 365 days a year. His favourite time was after the mail was safely delivered – on the way home he would stop at the top of The Waterless Brae, just north of Cameron Kirk road end, light his pipe, then freewheel all the way down the Largo Road home. Around 1933 or 34, William, Agnes, their 3 sons and 2 daughters (Auntie Nessie was now married) moved to 4 Cannongate just off Largo Road. William was a keen gardener, bred canaries, and owned greyhounds which he entered coursing. William also had a hen farm in the fields beyond the old railway, about where Broomfaulds Avenue is now. He also had a pony called Joe. I never found out whether the pony was named after my dad or vice versa!
In the first year of the Second World War, William was due to retire but was asked to fill the position of temporary postmaster for St. Andrews, which he held until the end of the war. For his service, he was able to secure a small pension for Agnes, my grandmother. William and Agnes’s three sons served in the war as did two of their daughters, and thankfully all returned home with no physical injuries. After the Second World War, William retired and worked part-time as a janitor at St. Leonards school where, I am told, the highlight of his day involved him lighting his pipe at the bottom of the St. Leonards clock and smoking it while he climbed the steps to wind the clock! He enjoyed his retirement and could always be found up at the hens or in his vegetable garden. Coursing with his greyhounds also took up his time, and he was the last winner of the Colinsburgh Cup after which he refused an offer of a blank check for the sale of the greyhound. My father told me how he never knew the extent of my grandfather's injuries until well after he was retired. My father would go to Cannongate in the morning to clean and light his fire for the day. Granddad asked my father on one occasion to help him sit up in bed. He noticed that part of his left thigh, buttock and hip were missing due to the injury he had sustained at Passchendaele. This didn't seem to hinder him in any way, and he must have been in pain for most of his adult life. What a remarkable and brave man my grandfather was! William died on 11th of November 1964.
L/Cpl. Clarence Durell Nicolle
Royal Navy 1st Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry
from:Jersey
(d.9th October 1918)
Clarence Nicolle died, aged 27, at 29 Casualty Clearing Station, Delsaux on 9th October 1918. He was the son of Elias and Jane Nicolle of Jersey, and the husband of Lilian E Nicolle, 15 Devonshire Lane, St Helier, Jersey.
Pte. Albert Niddrie
Australian Army 17th Battalion
from:English St, Camperdown, NSW
Albert Niddrie was captured at Lagnicourt on the 15th of April, 1917 and was held in Wahn and then Parchim Camps in Germany. Returned home in 1919 as an invalid but continued to be employed in clerical jobs. He got married in 1921 to Elizabeth Rose Truman and they had two daughters Elaine and Rita.
Spr. John Edward Niddrie
British Army Tyne Electrical Engineers Royal Engineers
from:Jarrow
John Edward Niddrie, Sapper 412 attested on the 26th February 1912 and joined Tyne Electrical Engineers. Royal Engineers at Cliffords Fort in North Shields. He was 17 years and 6 months old and a Marine Plumber with Northumberland Shipbuilding. He also became a highly qualified Electrical and Telephone Engineer during his military service.
His service record shows the following postings: 4th Mar 1912 to 4th Aug 1914 Home Service in reserve, 5th Aug 1914 to 20th Aug 1915 Home Service embodied (mobilized), 21st Aug 1915 to 30th Aug 1916 France and Flanders embodied, 1st Sep 1916 to 14th April 1917 Home Service. From the 9th September until his release on 14th April 1917 he was on Civilian Employment attachment to Northumberland Shipbuilders due to his marine electrical and plumbing abilities and his earlier employment with them.
He was born in Jarrow on the 8th July 1894 and his parents were Robert Hutchin and Isabella Neddrie (nee Linsley) He married Margaret Blenkey in Gateshead on the 1st September 1917.
He re-enlisted on a 90 day emergency service agreement on the 12th April 1921 with his old unit TEE-RE with Service No. 465105. At that time he was living at 4 Orchard Place, Dunston-on-Tyne with his wife Margaret and their two young sons, Robert Hutchin, b 29th Oct 1919 and John William, b 4th April 1918. John Edward Niddrie is recorded as having died during the quarter Oct - Dec 1922.(Gateshead Records)
Pte. Allen Nield
British Army 6th Btn. E Coy. Cheshire Regiment
from:Stockport
Taken from postcards to his brother and sister.
E.Company, 6th battalion, Cheshire Regt. Territorial bat.
Allen Nield. (WR/203603)
12th August 1914 We are all packed up for a 12 mile march to Church Stretton tomorrow, starting possibly in the dark (eg 3.30 am) Saturday. We might find tents (up or down or none at all). We have to be ready to kip under hedges with nothing but what each man carries in shape of food and shelter. Food is good and plentiful but rough. Yrs Allen.
1915 photo of Fountainblue
Tuesday 16th.
We are up near the scene of the advance near La Bassee and have just been engaged in clearing the wounded from where they lay in the open. Some since Wednesday Our forces captured 3 lines of trenches in 12 minutes but paid a hellish price. The shell fire here is horrible. I am going back to barracks today. Allen.
Stkr. Niels Peter Henry Nielson
Australian Naval Forces
from:Australia
Niels Peter Henry Nielsen was born at Rockhampton, Queensland, on 26th November 1886. He worked as a railway porter before enlisting for a five-year engagement with the Australian Naval Forces in 1908, where he served as a stoker. In 1913 Nielsen rejoined the ANF, now the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). After completing his nine-month engagement he again enlisted shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. In what was originally to be a six-month engagement, Nielsen served with the RAN for the next five years.
Nielsen was made a stoker on the light cruiser HMAS Sydney and was serving on the ship when she encountered the elusive German raider SMS Emden on 9th November 1914. The battle that ensued between the two ships later resulted in the fledgling RAN's first naval victory. When the Sydney reached port at Colombo Nielsen took time to send a letter home to his parents with details of the engagement, including the damage that the superior firepower of the Sydney had caused to its opponent.
Nielsen spent the next three years serving on the Sydney and was discharged in 1919. Several years later he wrote a more detailed account of the battle with the Emden. Niels Nielsen returned to Rockhampton after the war and later died there in 1965.
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