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Bombardier JOHN NICHOLSON

Service Number: 3858979
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

II. E. 12.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Eliza Nicholson; husband of Ada Nicholson, of Little Hulton, Lancashire.
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Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 281
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