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Serjeant JOHN NICHOLSON

Service Number: 2758277
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

IV. B. 47.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Christina Nicholson, of Killin, Perthshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY. DEATH DIVIDES BUT LOVE ABIDES
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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