John Frederick Nightingale
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Lance Bombardier
Parents: Fred Victor and Adela Louisa Nightingale
Home address: 38 Woodlands Road, Hornchurch
Date of birth: 1920
Place of birth: Essex
Date of death: 21/07/1942
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Hornchurch Cemetery Essex and commemorated on Maritime Regiment Memorial Thornbury
Age: 22
Further information:
John was born and raised in Essex. He was one of at least 5 children and his father was an agricultural worker who died when John was aged 14. In 1939, his widowed mother was working as an assistant Cook.
John died as the result of an accident and his death was registered in Penzance, Cornwall. The circumstances surrounding his death are not known
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/