We remember William John Worth Nicholas

We remember William John Worth Nicholas

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Timeline

Timeline

1886
birth Plymouth United Kingdom Source:8781407 11th August 1886
1914
marriage Barbara A. Bradley Source:9308646 19th May 1914
1914
service British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 3rd Battalion Source:9115060 16th December 1914
1915
service British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment att'd. Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force Source:9115084 27th March 1915
employment Planter Superintendent Bukit Rajah Estate Selangor Malaysia Source:9414620
employment Unknown Eastern Telegraph Company Madeira Portugal Source:9414620
1915
death Drowned following the sinking of the S.S "Falaba" by the german submarine U-28 about 60 miles west of St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire / 38 miles W of the Smalls, St. George's Channel / at sea near the United Kingdom Source:8884417 Source:9158555 Source:9115400 Source:9115084 1915
burial Calstock Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Cornwall United Kingdom J. 47 Source:9115084

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William John Worth
Initials WJW
Last Name Nicholas
Source 3236064
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 3rd Battalion Second Lieutenant
British Army Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment att'd. Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force Second Lieutenant
Family
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Barbara A. Bradley wife 19th May 1914

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Communities

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Ann39898
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Ann39898
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription R58235
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription Guy74824
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription Guy74824
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Guy74824
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Guy74824

External Evidence

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LONDON GAZETTE, 5 JANUARY, 1915 - Second Lieutenant R58235
Second Lieutenant NICHOLAS, William John Worth [CWGC @ 1/2018] R58235
Ship: Falaba; Official number: 124000. Crew listing continued from BT 99/3146/1B. Jasper... R58235
The sinking of the “Falaba”, March 1915 R58235
Second Lieutenant NICHOLAS, William John Worth [CWGC @ 1/2018] R58235
SS Falaba [+1915] (WreckSite) R58235
MIC image (Ancestry) R58235
Hollybrook Memorial - see the Graves Register page 42 - the erroneous original and duplicate entry R58235
Lieutenant J. W. J. Nicholas [sic] - Hollybrook Mem. [original erroneous commn.] (Find a Grave) R58235
2nd Lt. William John Worth NICHOLAS. The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt). R58235
Ships hit during WWI - Falaba (uboat.net) R58235
CWGC Casualty - amended Anne23518

Multimedia

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C. W. G. C. john14663
N.A. 76/418 john14663
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire regiment R58235
Medal Index Card Guy74824
Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment R58235
Notice of Death Straits Times Rosemary251
Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin KL Rosemary251

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