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Guardsman JOHN NICHOLSON

Service Number: 2737315
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WOODGRANGE PARK CEMETERY, EAST HAM

Square 9. Coll. grave 8004.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Margaret Nicholson, of Manor Park.
  • Personal Inscription DRY YOUR TEARS, DO NOT WEEP, MY SUFFERINGS NOW ARE PAST, YOU GAVE YOUR KINDEST AID SO LONG AS LIFE DID LAST
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Buried or commemorated at

WOODGRANGE PARK CEMETERY, EAST HAM
Essex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 294
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