Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late David Smith
Nekrewes, of 3, Carisbrook Road, Maindee, Newport, Monmouth, by his
wife, Ellen, dau. of Michael Buckley; _b._ Newport, 20 July, 1883;
educ. Shaftesbury School, Newport. He enlisted at Abergavenny on the
outbreak of war, proceeded with his regt. to France on 16 Feb. 1915,
and was killed in action at Frezenberg, 16 May, 1915; _unm._
Private Nekrewes was well known in South Wales as an athlete. He
represented his school on two occasions in the School’s Swimming
Championship, and also in the School’s Gymnastic Competition; he
also played Rugby football for Bridgend, Glam., and (three-quarter),
Pontypridd, Mountain Ash, Pontypool, and Glamorgan County. He met with
considerable success as a sprinter.
=NELIS, JAMES EDWARD THORNHILL=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, only _s._ of Lieut.-Col. James
Alexander Nelis, of 1, Seaview Terrace, Donnybrook, late I.M.S., by
his wife, Anna, dau. of the late Cudbert Bensley Thornhill, C.S.I.,
Indian Civil Service; _b._ Abbottabad, India, 31 Dec. 1891; educ.
at Haileybury; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5th Inniskilling Fusiliers, 26 Sept.
1914, and promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. following; left for the Dardanelles,
10 July, 1915, and was killed in action there, 15 Aug. following;
_unm._
[Illustration: =J. E. T. Nelis.=]
=NELSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1162, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Francis Nelson, of 2, Stafford Street, East End,
Sunderland; _b._ Sunderland; educ. St. John’s School there;
enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 26 Aug. 1914;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died a
prisoner of war in No. 2 German Field Hospital, 25 Feb. 1915, of frozen
feet; _unm._ Buried at Pont à Vendin.
[Illustration: =George Nelson.=]
=NESMITH, JAMES=, Capt., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late James Nesmith of
Glencairn, Port Glasgow, Accountant, by his wife, Catherine (Glencairn,
Port Glasgow), dau. of Donald Gillies, of Craigenterue, Argyleshire;
_b._ Glasgow, 17 July, 1881; educ. Greenock Academy, and Glasgow
University; was a Solicitor practising in Glasgow; joined the E
Coy. (Port Glasgow) of the 1st Renfrew Volunteer (afterwards the 5th
Territorial) Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 10 April, 1900,
and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 29 Nov. 1905, and promoted
Lieut. 22 Feb. 1911, and Capt. 13 July, 1912; volunteered for Imperial
service on the outbreak of war, left for the Dardanelles, 28 May, 1915;
and was killed in action during the British attack on the Krithia-Achi
Baba position, Gallipoli, 12 July following. Buried on the field;
_unm._
=NESS, GORDON STUART=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn.
Royal Scots Fusiliers, yst. and only surviving _s._ of the late
Patrick Ness, of Braco Castle, Perthshire, by his wife, Charlotte
Jane Wells (19, Dawson Place, Notting Hill Gate, W.), dau. of Stephen
Powell; _b._ London, 4 Nov. 1885; educ. Westminster School, and
Clare College, Cambridge; was elected an underwriting member of Lloyds
in 1909; joined the 3rd Battn. (Royal Ayr and Wigtown Militia) Royal
Scots Fusiliers, as 2nd Lieut. 7 April, 1906, and was promoted Lieut.
9 Dec. 1909; went to France 11 Sept. 1914, attached to the 1st Battn.
of his Regt.; and was killed in action during the 1st Battle of Ypres,
11 Nov. 1914. Buried near Ypres. He _m._ in London, Gladys, dau.
of Charles Ernest Gwynne Harrison; and had a son and daughter: Patrick,
_b._ 15 June, 1914; and Marguerite Gordon, _b._ 3 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Gordon Stuart Ness.=]
=NEVE, BASIL HOVENDEN=, Acting Chief E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270424,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NEVE, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 184688, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEVETT, THOMAS ALFRED=, L.-Corpl., No. 13041, 5th Battn. King’s
Shropshire L.I., yst. _s._ of William Berber Nevett, of Cotsbrook
Hall, co. Salop, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Richard Jones,
of Norton, co. Salop; _b._ Sansaw, co. Salop, 24 June, 1895;
educ. Elleray Park, Wallasey, and Shrewsbury School (1911–13), and on
leaving there took up an agricultural life, but on the outbreak of war
volunteered and joined the King’s Shropshire L.I. with several other
Salopians. After some months of training he was placed in the battn.
machine-gun section, and went with this unit to France in May, 1915.
During the violent attacks and counter-attacks around Hooge in Aug. he
was wounded on the 9th by a shell which destroyed his gun, and on the
way to the dressing station he received another and more severe wound
from shrapnel, resulting in spinal injury and paralysis, from which
he died in Edmonton Military Hospital, 10 Sept. 1915; _unm._ The
Headmaster of Shrewsbury said of him: “He was one of those unselfish
boys whose real goodness gives them an influence out of all proportion
to their prominence in school life.” His eldest bro., Sergt. W. P.
Nevett, was killed at the Dardanelles landing (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Thomas Alfred Nevett.=]
=NEVETT, WILLIAM PERCY=, Sergt., No. 851, 12th Battn. Australian
L.I., Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of William Barber
Nevett, of Cotsbrook Hall, co. Salop, by his wife, Emily, dau. of
the late Richard Jones, of Norton, co. Salop; _b._ Sansaw, co.
Salop, 4 June, 1889; educ. Bridgnorth Grammar School and Birmingham
University and after securing first-class in the Engineering Course,
1906–9, became Assistant Engineer to the Miners’ Water Supply, Perth,
Western Australia. On the outbreak of war he joined the Australian
L.I., and having been a member of the O.T.C. at Birmingham University,
was set immediately to train recruits. He left for Egypt in Nov. 1914,
and while there was offered a commission in the New Army at home but
declined it, preferring to stay with his comrades. He was killed
in action during the landing of the Australians at Sedd-el-Bahr,
Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ The Sergt.-Major of his battn.
wrote: “Nevett was on the left flank on the Sunday we effected a
landing here, and at this point the fighting was particularly heavy.
Your brother was hit in the firing line, and was carried to a place of
more safety by Private Michie, another of our good men since killed.
The wound was so serious that before the stretcher-bearers could get
him to the beach, he died. He was one of our most efficient and popular
N.C.O.’s, and my best friend.”
[Illustration: =William Percy Nevett.=]
=NEW, ALEXANDER HERBERT=, Private, No. 5712, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of Harry New, of Bournemouth, by his wife,
Theresa, dau. of (--) Hazel; _b._ Ringwood, co. Hants, 5 June,
1886; educ. at Bournemouth; enlisted 12 Sept. 1904; served in Egypt,
29 Sept. 1906, to 14 Feb. 1908; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at La Tretoire, 8 Sept. 1914, being buried in the wood
there. His company officer wrote saying that he was a good soldier,
and fought gallantly, and cheerfully carried out the hard marching
of the first three weeks of the campaign; also how well he helped to
maintain the reputation of the Coldstream Guards and the British Army.
He _m._ at St. Luke’s, Burton, Christchurch, 18 April, 1910, Fanny
(67, Forton Road, Gosport), only dau. of Charles Langrish; _s.p._
=NEWBURY, WILLIAM JOHN=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 165257, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NEWBY, GEORGE EDWIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2629), 207242, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWCOMBE, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10707 (Ports.), H.M.S
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWHAM, ARTHUR JOHN=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 208884, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWMAN, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2948), S.S. 264, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=NEWMAN, CORMIE AUBREY=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1478, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWMAN, FRANCIS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2512), 201770, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWMAN, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Petty Officer, 6325,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=NEWMAN, HENRY=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWMAN, RICHARD HARRY=, Chief Petty Officer, Tel. 183585, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NEWMAN, SAMUEL=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 1706, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NEWMAN, STANLEY FRANCIS=, Sergt., No. 1093, Essex Yeomanry, 3rd
_s._ of Francis Newman, of Moor Hall, Thorley, Bishop’s Stortford,
Farmer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Richard Stock; _b._ Moor
Hall, Thorley, co. Hertford, 18 July, 1885; educ. Bishop’s Stortford
College; served six years in the Essex Yeomanry, 1906–12; then went
to Singapore and later to Australia, where he was farming; returned
to England in July, 1914, and when war broke out the following month,
immediately rejoined his old regt. and volunteered for foreign service.
He went to France, 28 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action in an attack
on the German trenches at Ypres, 13 May, 1915; _unm._ The Capt.
commanding C Squadron wrote: “The regt. was sent up to reinforce the
infantry at this part of the line about a week ago. On the 13th the
Germans succeeded in taking a bit of our line and the regt., together
with the two other regts. of our Brigade, was ordered to retake it.
They had to advance 500 yards of open ground, most of it going under
a very heavy fire from shells, rifle, and machine-gun fire. Your son
reached the enemy’s trenches safely, and helped to recapture them,
but a few minutes later he was shot while standing near Mr. Holt who
was also wounded. His death is a great blow to us all, officers and
men alike, and he leaves a place in the Squadron which will be hard
to fill. Everybody agreed that he was one of the very best N.C.Os. in
the regt. and his troop would do anything for him.” And Trooper H. J.
Tucker writing to his father said: “Will you just break the news on my
behalf, that my two comrades, Sergt. Stanley Newman and Corpl. Frank
Bird, have both been killed in action during a great charge, which took
place two days ago. When there was a roll call the whole regt. had 168
casualties--killed, wounded and missing; amongst them our Colonel and
many officers.”
=NEWMAN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Acting Chief Stoker, 293000, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWMAN, WILLIAM HERBERT=, Private, No. 3082, 1/8th Battn.
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Harry Newman, of
15, Marlow Road, Southall, Police Sergeant, by his wife, Gertrude, dau.
of Thomas Betts, for 53 years on L. & N.W.R.; _b._ Haggerston, N.,
23 June, 1895; educ. Featherstone Road Boys’ School, Southall; was a
clerk with Messrs. Kearby & Sons, Rubastic Road, Southall; joined the
Middlesex Territorials, 5 Sept. 1914; volunteered for foreign service;
trained at Hampton and Staines; left for Gibraltar, 1 Feb. 1915;
went to France at the end of July; took part in the Battle of Loos,
25–26 Sept. and was killed in action near La Bassée, 19 Oct. 1915;
_unm._ Buried at Wye Farm.
[Illustration: =William Herbert Newman.=]
=NEWPORT, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13141, H.M.S.
Hawke, s. of James Newport, of The Green, Beyton, Bury St. Edmunds, co.
Suffolk; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=NEWSHAM, CHARLES=, Private, No. 2763, 16th Platoon, C Coy.,
9th (Highlanders) Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of
Robert Newsham, of 6, Broadway, Withington, Manchester, a buyer for
Ralli Bros., of Manchester, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of John Gorrie,
Manchester; _b._ Cheetham, Manchester, 16 May, 1885; educ.
Cheetham Higher Grade School; was a buyer for Ralli Bros., and a
member of the Manchester Royal Exchange. On the outbreak of war he
joined the Royal Scots with his great friend Gerard G. S. Frost (who
was afterwards killed during the same bombardment as himself), 10 Nov.
1914, and after training at Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, left for the
Front towards the end of Feb.; he lost his life during the bombardment
of Ypres, three shells dropping into the billets of his company,
killing him and six of his comrades, 7 April, 1915. He was the first
member of the Manchester Royal Exchange killed in the war.
[Illustration: =Charles Newsham.=]
=NEWSHAM, RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13680, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWSTEAD, GEORGE POPE=, Major, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., and
Tempy, Lieut.-Col. Sierra Leone Battn., West African Frontier Force,
only _s._ of James Newstead, of Ashby Manor, Horncastle, co.
Lincoln, by his wife, Louisa Anne, dau. of George Pope; _b._
Bristol, 23 Sept. 1875; educ. Rugby School (1889–94, where he was in
the cricket eleven and football fifteen, and won the Athletic Sports’
Challenge Cup) and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd
Suffolks, 15 May, 1897, and promoted Lieut. 24 June, 1899, Capt. 15
March, 1905, and Major, Nov. 1914; served in the South African War,
1899–1902, being employed with the Mounted Infantry; took part in
the operations in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River, 1899–1900,
including action at Colesberg (1–6 Jan.); in the Orange Free State,
April and May, 1900; in the Transvaal, May and June, 1900, including
actions near Johannesburg and Pretoria; in the Orange River Colony,
May to 29 Nov. 1900; in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900; and in
the Orange River Colony, Jan. 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal
with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); seconded for
service with the West African Frontier Force, 16 Sept. 1905; served
with the Sierra Leone Battn. at Freetown and in the bush under Major
Palmer until 26 Oct. 1909; then returned to England and rejoined the
2nd Suffolks, but in Aug. 1910, he again went to West Africa, and
on 1 April, 1913, was promoted Tempy. Lieut.-Col. He died at Bare,
Cameroons, West Africa, 5 March, 1915, of wounds received at Stoebel’s
Farm on the previous day. Buried at Bare. Describing the action, an
officer wrote: “On 4 March, 1915, I was with the advanced guard, which
the colonel was commanding, and we came under a very hot fire--he, his
Adjutant and myself being all together for about half an hour. He then
ordered me to take our Maxim gun back a little way, and came with me to
select a new position for it. After this he left me and went forward to
the right under a very heavy fire to make further dispositions, and I
lost sight of him; but about five minutes later his Adjutant ran past
me and called out that he himself was hit in the face and that the
Colonel had been shot in the side.” He _m._ Maude Aileen, dau. of
the late Col. Hanley, R.E.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =George Pope Newstead.=]
=NEWTH, WALTER JOSEPH=, Trooper, No. 11/495 2nd Queen Alexandra’s
Squadron, Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
5th _s._ of George Charles Newth, of Sandy Farm, Luckington,
Chippenham, Wilts, Farmer, by his wife, Charlotte Mary, dau. of J. H.
Harris; _b._ Sandy Farm, Luckington, Chippenham, co. Wilts, 23
April, 1891; educ. Village School there; left home in July, 1912, to
take up farming in New Zealand; volunteered on the outbreak of war and
enlisted Sept. 1914; left with 2nd reinforcements, and was killed in
action at Gallipoli, 27 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=NEWTON, ERNEST=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 2643, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWTON, FREDERICK=, L.-Corpl., No. 9311, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; died at Coulommieres, 9 Sept. 1914, of wounds
received in action. Buried in Cemetery there; _unm._
=NEWTON, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6696), S.S. 968, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NEWTON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 13524, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NIBLETT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 225960, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NICHOLL, CHRISTOPHER BENONI=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Edward Powell Nicholl,
of Ogmore, Manitou, Manitoba; formerly vicar of Ascott-sub-Wychwood,
co. Oxon, and recently Incumbent of Mission of St. Luke, Pembina
Crossing, Manitoba, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Jenkyns, of
Llanblethian, Glamorgan, and grandson of the late Right Hon. John
Nicholl, of Merthyr Mawr, co. Glamorgan; _b._ Leighton Buzzard, co.
Bedford, 15 Dec. 1881; educ. Manitoba Public Schools, and St. John’s
Collegiate School, Winnipeg; was a Chemist; received a commission as
Lieut. in the 16th Saskatchewan Light Horse, Nov. 1911; and on the
outbreak of war at once volunteered for Imperial service, and was
appointed Lieut. 5th Battn. 22 Sept. 1914; came over with the first
contingent in Oct. following; went to France, 25 May, and died in
No. 3 Casualty Clearing Hospital, Bailleul, 30 July, 1915, of wounds
received on the 29th, when on night patrol near Ploegsteert, examining
the wire entanglements in front of the trenches; _unm._ In the Battn.
journal his comrades wrote of him: “A quiet and unostentatious officer
was Lieut. Nicholl. But he was one whose conscience was keen for good
service ... those who were privileged to know him knew an honest heart
and a nature entirely true and faithful.”
[Illustration: =Christopher B. Nicholl.=]
=NICHOLAS, GEORGE ARTHUR=, No. 2101, A Coy., 1/4th Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Nicholas, of Limehurst
Lodge, Haywards Heath, Gardener, by his wife, Ruth Mary, dau. of George
Mitchell; _b._ Wivelsfield, co. Sussex, 31 May. 1895; educ. St.
Wilfred’s School, Haywards Heath; was a Butcher’s Assistant, enlisted
31 Aug. 1914; left with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 16 July,
1915, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 11 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Arthur Nicholas.=]
=NICHOLAS, ROBERT STANLEY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., 1871), late
Ch./12017, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, HARRY=, Chief Armourer, 151366, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, HENRY ARTHUR=, Private, No. 8777, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late James Nicholls, of Birmingham; _b._
Birmingham. 19 Feb. 1895; educ. Highfield Road School there; enlisted
30 June, 1910, served three years with the Colours, and then entered
the employ of the G.W.R. as a carman. On the declaration of war, 5
Aug. 1914, he was called up, went to the Front with his regt. and
served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne and the
Marne, and all the severe fighting from 26 Oct. to 20 Nov. when in the
words of the Brigadier-General Commanding the 4th (Guards) Brigade,
“the Coldstreams held their line intact under hardships and strain
that it is impossible to describe.” During these four weeks they had
occupied trenches dug on a hill full of natural springs, and which
were “undrainable, and constantly full of water above the knee for 23
days. The gale of about 2 Nov. cleared the wood in which they were,
of every particle of cover, the trees having been all pierced through
by shrapnel and bullets. Hand grenades thrown at them were, on one
occasion when they did not explode, picked up and hurled back again,
and they finally rejoined the Brigade on the right flank of this part
of the British line on 17 Nov. in as good heart as the day they left
England.” On 20 Nov. they were withdrawn for a short rest, but were
soon back in the firing line and Nicholls died of wounds received in
action the same day at La Bassée, 31 Jan. 1915, and was buried in
Cuinchy Churchyard. He _m._ at Walworth, London, 29 June, 1913,
Helen Adelaide (119, Albany Road, Camberwell, S.E.), dau. of (--) Ware,
and had a dau., Phyllis May, _b._ 30 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Henry Arthur Nicholls.=]
=NICHOLLS, JOHN WILLIAM ERNEST=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26610, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Private, No. 19427, 1st Battn.
The Welsh Regt., _s._ of William Charles Nicholls, Sailor;
_b._ Penzance, 7 Dec. 1880; educ. National School there, enlisted
following the outbreak of war, 15 Nov. 1914, served in France with the
Expeditionary Force, and was killed at Zillebeke, 25 May, 1915. He
_m._ at Penzance, 22 Sept. 1901, Alice Maud, dau. of George James
Pidwell, and had six sons: William Charles, _b._ 4 Nov. 1901;
George James, _b._ 30 Jan. 1905; Richard John, _b._ 26 Oct.
1907; Stephen, _b._ 18 Nov. 1909; Arthur Reginald, _b._ 26
Nov. 1912; and Edward Harvey, _b._ 22 Oct. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, WILLIAM JAMES=, Chief Stoker, 170482, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NICHOLSON, ARTHUR KNIGHT=, 2nd Lieut., 18th (Queen Mary’s Own)
Hussars, only _s._ of Herbert Nicholson, of Ridborough Hall,
Tunbridge Wells, J.P., C.C., by his wife, Stella, dau. of Edward W.
Knight; _b._ Helena, Montana, U.S.A., 6 Oct. 1893; educ. St.
Andrew’s, Harrow, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 18th Hussars, 22
Jan. 1913; went to France, Aug. 1914; and was killed in action at St.
Eloi, 31 Oct. following. Buried near Chateau Hollebeke; _unm._
=NICHOLS, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310744, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4613), 173115,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLSON, BASIL LEE=, Lieut., 3rd Staffordshire Battery, North
Midland Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Sir Arthur Nicholson,
of Highfield Hall, Leek, co. Stafford, J.P., C.C., by his wife,
Marianne Lee, dau. of Robert Falkner, of Kersal; _b._ Highfield
Hall, 24 Oct. 1890; educ. Malvern, Rugby, and afterwards in Germany and
Switzerland, joined the Territorial Force shortly after its formation,
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was
killed in the trenches near Ypres, while making observations, 24 July,
1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Dranoutre Churchyard. Col. Sir
Hill Child, Bart., wrote: “He was shot through the head this afternoon,
when on duty as observing officer in the trenches. His brother (who was
wounded the previous Wednesday) is quite heart-broken, as indeed we all
are. I have always considered your two sons the two best young officers
in my brigade.” His two brothers, Capt. A. Falkner Nicholson and Capt.
Malcolm Nicholson, are both (1916) serving with the R.F.A.
[Illustration: =Basil Lee Nicholson.=]