Victor George Nichols
Memorial: Falfield - St George's Church
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 74131
Parents: George (1845-1907) and Annie Nichols (1863-1905)
Marital status: Single
Home address: 1911 Census: Victor is boarding at Kent Villa, Summer Grove, Elstree
Pre-war occupation: Post Office Clerk
Date of birth: 1891
Place of birth: Falfield, Glos
Date of death: 1916
Buried/Commemorated at: There is a burial record in the Parish of Uxbridge St Margaret dated 25th November 1916 for Victor George Nichols aged 25 years of 7 Barnett Road, Uxbridge
Age: 25
Further information:
Military Service Record cards confirm the following:
Enlisted at Tunbridge Wells on 26/12 1914 at the age of 23 years and 7 months. Into the Royal Engineers address given as Falfield. He was unmarried, next of kin Sister Mrs L. Parsons (Laura Mary Anne) of Falfield. Brothers and sisters: Joseph A, Laura M A, Isabel, Sidney T, Hubert H and Owen John. On the 1911 Census, Victor is boarding at Kent Villa, Summer Grove, Elstree with the owners, brother and sister George and Eliza Martin. His occupation is recorded as a P O clerk, aged 20
Draft enlistment records that he had previously been in the forces (SA Trs Sig Co RE) (Territorials)
Address on discharge notes given as 2 Rutland Villas, Belmont Rd Uxbridge
Service No 74131
Trade: P B Telegraphist
Medical Record: “Reported sick on 12/1/1916 in Flanders with a cough. While in hospital had an attack of Flaemoptysis Has been at the front for 7 months doing signalling work. Has signs of TB at both ? TB in sputum. Refuses Sanatorium treatment. Medical board 17/1/16. Result of active service. Exposure”
Discharged 3rd March 1916
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Falfield Village website