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2nd Lieutenant Lancelot NICHOLSON
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2nd Lieutenant Lancelot NICHOLSON.

29th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Matthew and Elizabeth I. Nicholson, of 3, Bath Terrace, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 24.
Buried HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY.

The following biographical information is provided in Robert Coulson's Biographies of Yorkshire Regiment Officers;-
"Lancelot Nicholson was a County Durham man born at Seaham Harbour in 1894.
During the Battle of 3rd Ypres, Passchendaele offensive 2nd Lt Nicholson served with “A” company of the 9th Battalion.
On the afternoon of September 19th 1917 the battalion moved up to assemble in the area of Stirling Castle and Sanctuary Wood to the east of Ypres.
Zero hour for the attack was set for 5-30 a.m. the next day and the battalion advanced into Inverness Copse where they faced a hostile artillery barrage and heavy enemy rifle and machine gun fire in the wood. 2nd Lt Lancelot Nicholson was killed in this action on September 20th 1917 aged 24."

Lancelot Nicholson was born in Seaham Harbour in 1894.
In ther 1911 Census he las living at 30 Marbro Street, Seaham Harbour.
In the Census he was shown as an Apprentice Joiner. His father, Matthew Nicholson, was shown as a jobbing Joiner.

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