The Citadel Class of: | 1912 |
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Cadet Company: | D (Source: Sphinx 1909) | |
Age: | 23 | |
Born: | 1-Dec-91 | |
Hometown: | Spartanburg, South Carolina | |
Family: | George Williams Nicholls (father), Mary “Minnie” Lavinia Jones Nicholls (mother), Sam J. Nicholls (brother); Kate B. Nicholls, Lattie Lee Nicholls (sisters) |
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Rank: | Second Lieutenant | |
Branch of Service: | British Army | |
Servicenumber: | not available | |
Entered the Service from: | London, England | |
Function: | Lieutenant of Artillery | |
Regiment: | – | |
Battalion: | 43rd Brigade | |
Division: | Royal Field Artillery | |
Company: | 30th Battery | |
Unit: | – | |
Date of death: | 26-Sep-15 | |
Status: | KIA | |
Place of death: | Battle of Loos, France | |
Spot: | not available | |
Awards: | not available | |
Gravenumber: | Panel 3, Tablets of the Missing, Loos Memorial | |
Cemetery: | CWGC Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle, France | |
Biography: | The Spartanburg Herald, October 1, 1915, p.1. (Obituary) | |
Other information: | Member of the Relay team, member of Calliopean Literary Society. – Source: Sphinx 1909 Lt. Nicholls received an appointment to Annapolis during his sophomore year at The Citadel and entered the 2nd Class Athletic Representative at USNA Panel 13 in the stained glass facade window of The Citadel’s Summerall Chapel memorializes Lt. Nicholls. In TABLET OF BRONZE COMES FROM KING |
Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission, The Citadel Archive & Museum, Mike Stannard ’65, Steve Smith ’84, Kevin Bristol ’92, Findagrave.com, Ancestry.com, flickr.com, Richland County Public Library, NY Times 1 Oct. 1915, USNA “Lucky Bag” years 1911/1913/1914, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Ancestry.com, 1910 US Census (NARA), The Sphinx 1909, US Naval Academy Nimitz Library, International Findagrave.com
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