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Nicholson, Charles Henry, Private, 101366, 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Born Sunderland, Durham Killed in action 26th September 1916 aged 51 Son of Thomas and Marianne Nicholson, late of Sandfield, West Boldon, Co. Durham, England. Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial

Canadian Army Service records information: Charles was born in Cumberland, England, on the 10th April, 1872 (according to his attestation form). He enlisted in Lake Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 21st September 1915, stating his occupation as a farmer, and his next of kin as Mrs. Marianne Nicholson, of West Boldon, Newcastle on Tyne. He was five feet eight and a quarter inches in height, had a ruddy complexion, blue eyes and dark brown hair, and belonged to the Church of England.


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