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Private JAMES NICHOLSON

Service Number: 2271
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 March 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROYAL IRISH RIFLES GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE

III. E. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Leslie Nicholson and Cecilia Nicholson, of 15, Wilson St., Cowdenbeath, Fife.
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Buried or commemorated at

ROYAL IRISH RIFLES GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 806
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