Private 23879 Peter Edmund Nicholson
Regiment/Unit: Machine Gun Corps - 55th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1)
Date Entered Therein: 27/06/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 2610, S Lancs Regt.
Age at death: 23
Date of death: 14th of March 1918
Born: Widnes, Lancashire
Resided: Sutton, St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Lapugnoy Military Cemetery - VIII. B. 10.
Family details:
Widow: Margaret. Mother & Sole Legatee: Margaret.
Census details:
1901 - 6 years old Peter is living at 151 Ramford Street, Parr, St Helens with parents Peter (31), Margaret (32) and two siblings: Oswald (9), Annie (3). 1911 - Sees 16 years old 'Coal Miner Labourer (below)' Peter living at 152 Ramford Street, Parr, St Helens with parents Peter (41), Maggie (43) and three siblings: Oswald (19), Annie (13), Joseph (4).
Notes:
Age taken from census.
Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/23879PeterNicholson.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/NicholsonPE_MGC.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Peter Edmund Nicholson at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery
(Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
