Private Albert Edward Nicholson

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

Jan 1889

Date of Death

12 Apr 1917

War time / or Pre War occupation

Printer

Service Number

233543

Place of Birth

Hempton
Nr Fakenham
United Kingdom

World War I Address

68 Tavistock Street
Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death

France

Grave Location

No known grave
France

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Source

The Luton News , 3rd May 1917
Pte Albert Edward Nicholson

 

Pte Albert Edward Nicholson, 233543 (8090), 1/2nd Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), was killed in action in Flanders on April 12th, 1917. He was aged 28.

A Roll of Honour advert in The Luton News appears to the only local mention of Pte Nicholson's death. That was placed by his widow, Florence (nee Phillips), whom Albert had married in Luton in June 1915, and who was living at the time at 68 Tavistock Street, Luton. Florence later returned to live with her widowed mother, Hannah, at 50 Ivy Road, Luton, and never remarried.

Albert Nicholson was born in Hempton, near Fakenham, Norfolk, in January 1889. At the time of the 1911 Census he was described as a printer at a Luton printing works who was boarding in Gladstone Avenue, off Grove Road, Luton.

 

Individual Location

Pte Albert Edward Nicholson

Author: Deejaya

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