Completed Reginald Alexander Nicholls
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Reginald Alexander Nicholls
Abt 1894 - 14/5/1917 (23)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... -alexander
Dob abt 1894
Baptism 7/3/1894
Staffordshire Tipton
Church name St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 949
Baptism date 07 Mar 1894
Person forename Reginald Alexander
Person sex M
Father forename William
Mother forename Eliza Jane
Father surname NICHOLLS
Person abode Fisher Street
Father occupation Labourer
Parents William Nicholls & Eliza Jane Cooper
Parents Marriage
William Nicholls
Eliza Jane Cooper
Marriage Date 4 Oct 1868
Marriage Place Saint Thomas, Dudley,
Worcester,England
William Nicholls & Eliza Jane Cooper
Registration Year1868
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6c Page 57
1901 11 Fisher Street, Greets Green, West Bromwich, Staffs.
William Nicholls (52, General Labourer in Iron Foundry, born Tipton), his wife Eliza J. (age 51, born Tipton), and their four children: Thomas (23), John F. (15), James E. (13), and Reginald A. (7, born West Bromwich).
1911 8a Ballfields, Horseley Heath, Tipton, Staffs.
William Nicholls (62, General Labourer in Bridge & Girder Works, born Tipton), his wife Eliza J. Nicholls (61, born Tipton), and 3 of their 7 surviving children of 10: John Frederick (25, Wood Sawyer, born West Bromwich), James Ernest (23, Wood Sawyer's Assistant, born West Bromwich), and Reginald Alexander (17, Messenger at Sausage & Pork Pie Manufacturer, born West Bromwich).
WW1 Records
Died of Wounds on Monday, 14th May 1917, age 23.
Buried in Grave XXV. B. 11. at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France.
15th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 13th Brigade of 5th Division.
Son of William and Eliza Jane Nicholls, of 8a Ballfields, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Great Bridge, Enlisted: Birmingham, Resident: West Bromwich.
First landed France & Flanders, post 31st December 1915.
Medal entitlement: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 14/5/1917 (23) Died of wounds France
Buried in Grave XXV. B. 11. at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/504395/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108 ... r-nicholls
Commemorated on the Tipton Library, and St. Luke's memorials. Also listed on the lost Palethorpe’s Roll of Honour.
Any other info
Tipton Herald 19th May 1917
DEATH OF PRIVATE R. NICHOLLS
A popular young employee of Palethorpes Ltd, in Private Reg Nicholls of the Birmingham City Battalion, has died of wounds in France. He was in the office of the firm, and joined up soon after the outbreak of war. His parents, who reside at 8a Ballfields, Horseley Heath, received a letter to say their son was badly wounded, and quite unexpectedly received another communication to say he had passed away. He was the first of the office staff to give his life in the great cause, and the second from the works. Two other employees have lost a leg in the war, and one has started to work again
Abt 1894 - 14/5/1917 (23)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... -alexander
Dob abt 1894
Baptism 7/3/1894
Staffordshire Tipton
Church name St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 949
Baptism date 07 Mar 1894
Person forename Reginald Alexander
Person sex M
Father forename William
Mother forename Eliza Jane
Father surname NICHOLLS
Person abode Fisher Street
Father occupation Labourer
Parents William Nicholls & Eliza Jane Cooper
Parents Marriage
William Nicholls
Eliza Jane Cooper
Marriage Date 4 Oct 1868
Marriage Place Saint Thomas, Dudley,
Worcester,England
William Nicholls & Eliza Jane Cooper
Registration Year1868
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6c Page 57
1901 11 Fisher Street, Greets Green, West Bromwich, Staffs.
William Nicholls (52, General Labourer in Iron Foundry, born Tipton), his wife Eliza J. (age 51, born Tipton), and their four children: Thomas (23), John F. (15), James E. (13), and Reginald A. (7, born West Bromwich).
1911 8a Ballfields, Horseley Heath, Tipton, Staffs.
William Nicholls (62, General Labourer in Bridge & Girder Works, born Tipton), his wife Eliza J. Nicholls (61, born Tipton), and 3 of their 7 surviving children of 10: John Frederick (25, Wood Sawyer, born West Bromwich), James Ernest (23, Wood Sawyer's Assistant, born West Bromwich), and Reginald Alexander (17, Messenger at Sausage & Pork Pie Manufacturer, born West Bromwich).
WW1 Records
Died of Wounds on Monday, 14th May 1917, age 23.
Buried in Grave XXV. B. 11. at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France.
15th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 13th Brigade of 5th Division.
Son of William and Eliza Jane Nicholls, of 8a Ballfields, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Great Bridge, Enlisted: Birmingham, Resident: West Bromwich.
First landed France & Flanders, post 31st December 1915.
Medal entitlement: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 14/5/1917 (23) Died of wounds France
Buried in Grave XXV. B. 11. at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/504395/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108 ... r-nicholls
Commemorated on the Tipton Library, and St. Luke's memorials. Also listed on the lost Palethorpe’s Roll of Honour.
Any other info
Tipton Herald 19th May 1917
DEATH OF PRIVATE R. NICHOLLS
A popular young employee of Palethorpes Ltd, in Private Reg Nicholls of the Birmingham City Battalion, has died of wounds in France. He was in the office of the firm, and joined up soon after the outbreak of war. His parents, who reside at 8a Ballfields, Horseley Heath, received a letter to say their son was badly wounded, and quite unexpectedly received another communication to say he had passed away. He was the first of the office staff to give his life in the great cause, and the second from the works. Two other employees have lost a leg in the war, and one has started to work again