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W/Cdr. James Brindley Nicolson VC, DFC.
Royal Air Force 355 Sqdn.
from:Hampstead, London
(d.2nd May 1945)
James Nicholson died on the 2nd of May 1945 aged 28. He is commemorated in the Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore. He was the son of Leslie Gibson Nicolson and Dorothea Hilda Nicolson; husband of Muriel Caroline Nicolson, of Kirkby Wharfe, Yorkshire.
The citation in the London Gazette of 15th November, 1940, gives the following details:- "On August 16th, 1940, during an air battle near Southampton, four cannon shells hit wing Cdr. Nicolson's aircraft, two wounding him and one setting fire to the gravity tank. When about to abandon his plane he sighted an enemy fighter which, despite the flames in his cockpit, he attacked and brought down. In so doing he incurred serious burns on his hands, face and neck. In continuing to engage the enemy although wounded and with his aircraft on fire, Wing Cdr. Nicolson displayed exceptional gallantry and disregard for his own life."
