Private Albert Edward Nicholson
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Date of Birth
Jan 1889
Date of Death
12 Apr 1917
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Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
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.
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Author: Deejaya
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