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Place of birth

Hobart Tasmania [9]

London England [9]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Latrobe Tasmania [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3]

Camelford, Cornwall [3]

Cooma New South Wales [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bruisyard, Suffolk [2]

Burton, Staffordshire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Campbell Town Tasmania [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Dromedary Tasmania [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Ournie New South Wales [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Saxmundham, Suffolk [2]

Stratford, Essex [2]

Suffolk England [2]

Surrey [2]

Ulverstone Tasmania [2]

West Melbourne Victoria [2]

Wrexham, Denbighshire [2]

wicklewood,norfolk [2]

Aberdare, Glamorgan [1]

Acton, London [1]

Acton, London, Middlesex [1]

Amble, Northumberland, England [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Banbury [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Beconsfield Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [776]

Gunner [94]

Corporal [73]

Driver [70]

Serjeant [63]

Sapper [61]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Lieutenant [31]

Lance Corporal [26]

Acting Corporal [14]

Captain [13]

Pioneer [9]

Bombardier [6]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Major [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Worker [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Private Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Trooper [2]

Wheeler [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [119]

Royal Engineers [106]

Army Service Corps [97]

Labour Corps [78]

London Regiment [78]

Royal Garrison Artillery [60]

Royal Army Medical Corps [47]

Norfolk Regiment [36]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Northamptonshire Regiment [25]

Suffolk Regiment [24]

West Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Rifle Brigade [23]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

Leicestershire Regiment [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

Essex Regiment [18]

Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

Devonshire Regiment [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Royal Sussex Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Coldstream Guards [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Hussars [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Canadian Infantry [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1270]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [171]

Royal Navy [166]

Australian Imperial Force [116]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

N [1865]

L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1827]

Merchant Navy [27]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

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Hobart Tasmania [9] London England [9] Sydney New South Wales [7] Latrobe Tasmania [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3] Camelford, Cornwall [3] Cooma New South Wales [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Battersea, London [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bruisyard, Suffolk [2] Burton, Staffordshire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Campbell Town Tasmania [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Dromedary Tasmania [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Kensington, London [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] London [2] London, Middlesex [2] Ournie New South Wales [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Saxmundham, Suffolk [2] Stratford, Essex [2] Suffolk England [2] Surrey [2] Ulverstone Tasmania [2] West Melbourne Victoria [2] Wrexham, Denbighshire [2] wicklewood,norfolk [2] Aberdare, Glamorgan [1] Acton, London [1] Acton, London, Middlesex [1] Amble, Northumberland, England [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Banbury [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Beconsfield Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [776] Gunner [94] Corporal [73] Driver [70] Serjeant [63] Sapper [61] Second Lieutenant [38] Lieutenant [31] Lance Corporal [26] Acting Corporal [14] Captain [13] Pioneer [9] Bombardier [6] Corporal 2nd [6] Major [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Worker [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Rifleman [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Armament Staff Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Private Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Sergeant [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [2] Transport Corporal [2] Trooper [2] Wheeler [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [119] Royal Engineers [106] Army Service Corps [97] Labour Corps [78] London Regiment [78] Royal Garrison Artillery [60] Royal Army Medical Corps [47] Norfolk Regiment [36] Machine Gun Corps [35] Royal Fusiliers [34] Northamptonshire Regiment [25] Suffolk Regiment [24] West Yorkshire Regiment [24] Middlesex Regiment [23] Rifle Brigade [23] Royal Army Service Corps [21] Durham Light Infantry [19] Leicestershire Regiment [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] Essex Regiment [18] Yorkshire Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [17] Manchester Regiment [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16] The Queen's Regiment [16] Devonshire Regiment [15] Royal Naval Division [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Royal Sussex Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Coldstream Guards [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Hussars [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] West Riding Regiment [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Canadian Infantry [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1270] Canadian Expeditionary Force [171] Royal Navy [166] Australian Imperial Force [116] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

N [1865] L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1827] Merchant Navy [27] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Frederick Stephen Nichols

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233939

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Walter Charles Nichols

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235235

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Francis W Nichols

Born 1892

Died 1980

British Army 624539 Driver Honourable Artillery Company

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Wallace George Nichols

Born 1885

British Army 34652 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 301326 Private Royal Air Force

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Edgar Nichols

Born 1892

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 35th Training Depot Station

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Alfred William Nichols

Born 1893

British Army 4021 Private Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 6th Reserve Battalion

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Frederick Charles Nichols

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28291

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Alfred George Nichols

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy L8875 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Nymphe

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Samuel Richard Nichols

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232898

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Albert Percy Nichols

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234680

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Frederick A Nichols

Died 1918

British Army 147148 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Clearing Office

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Alselan Buchanan Nichols

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment

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Campbell Withycombe Nichols

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 810 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Thomas George Nichols

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 16970 Private Norfolk Regiment

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James Nichols

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313191

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William Nichols

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118659

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Frederick Nichols

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105426

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George Nichols

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66070

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Hugh Raymond Nichols

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311757

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William John Nichols

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41671

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