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Southampton

nobody@flickr.com (MisterMob) — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:06:48 -0800

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2 Lieutenant John William Hardford Nicholl

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 06:54:32 -0700

2 Battalion, Welsh Regiment

Second Lieutenant Nicholl was born in Swansea on 24 October 1892. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. He represented Sandhurst in sporting competitions against the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1912.

He was posted to the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) in 1913. In August 1914, he joined the 3rd Battalion, Welsh Regiment, and was later attached to the 2nd Battalion.

While on active service with this battalion, he was killed at Gheluvelt, five miles east of Ypres, on 29 October 1914 while retaking trenches captured by the Germans.

He is commemorated at the Menin Gate in Ypres.

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Aston Villa

nobody@flickr.com (MisterMob) — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 03:18:46 -0700

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Brevet Major (Honorary Lieutenant Colonel) Hugh Iltid Nicholl

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:21:39 -0700

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General Staff Officer, 67 (Home Counties) Division

Lt Col Nicholl was born in 1870 and educated at Eton and Staff College, Camberley. He joined the Militia in 1888 and the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1892.

Lt Col Nicholl served in the Relief of Chitral Expedition of 1895, the India Frontier Expeditions of 1897 and 1898 and the Second Anglo-Boer War (during which he was wounded).

He graduated at the Staff College, Camberley in 1904 and retired from the Army in 1908. On the outbreak of the First World War, Lt Col Nicholl was recalled to the Army and appointed General Staff Officer 2 Grade to the Wessex Territorial Division on 4 August 1914.

He transferred to 49 (West Riding) Division on 15 March 1915 and was posted to the Western Front. On 15 January 1916, he transferred to 47 (London) Division as Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General.

On 22 June 1916, he was appointed General Staff Officer First Grade to 67 (Home Counties) Division in England.

Lt Col Nicholl continued to serve with this Division on the Western Front until he was transferred to the Reserve List on 6 March 1918. Lt Col Nicholl was twice Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 1 January 1916.

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Lion

nobody@flickr.com (Serigrapher) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 02:14:59 -0700

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By William Grinsell Nicholl.

st.albans cathedral

nobody@flickr.com (stiffleaf) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:07:06 -0700

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1694 memorial to thomas nicholl and wife

O.W. Nicholl-Carne, Welch Regiment, 1917, War Grave, Oosttaverne Wood

nobody@flickr.com (PaulHP) — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:13:59 -0800

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EN TOUT LOYALE

Osmond Whitlock NICHOLL-CARNE

Rank: Second Lieutenant
Date of Death: 01/08/1917
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: 9th Bn. Welsh Regiment
Grave Reference: II. C. 4.
Cemetery: OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John Devereux Nicholl-Carne and Alice A. Nicholl-Carne, of Tresilian, Llantwit Major Glam. Born at Nash Manoe, Glam.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/105217/NICHOLL-CARNE,...

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 24 MARCH, 1917.
War Office,
24 March, 1917.
REGULAR FORCES.
Welsh B.
The undermentioned cadets to be temp. 2nd Lts. (attd.):—
1 Mar. 1917.
Osmond Whitlock Nicholl-Carne
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29998/pages/2961/page.pdf

nobody@flickr.com (MisterMob) — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 03:18:46 -0700

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Nicholl

nobody@flickr.com (The Chairman 8) — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:39:12 -0700

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All Saints Churchyard, Halifax.

nobody@flickr.com (The Chairman 8) — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:39:13 -0700

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All Saints Churchyard, Halifax.

Ballymena Jubilee parade

nobody@flickr.com (slemishgirl) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:15:25 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (fa.oneill) — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:49:29 -0700

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