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Major PETER NICHOLSON

Service Number: 53119
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

2 Regt.

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1942

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

11. B. 6.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lt. Winter Nicholson, Royal Engineers, and of Amy Nicholson, of Saltwood, Kent. B.A. (Cantab.).
  • Personal Inscription IN THY HEART THE DEW OF YOUTH, ON THY LIPS THE SMILE OF TRUTH
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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