W/O Zina Manford Niblock . Royal Canadian Air Force 415 Sqdn. from Ontario (d.18th February 1943) Hampden AE 435 "U" (415) crash Docking
This Hampden was based at Thorney Island (east of Portsmouth, Hampshire) serving in No. 415 Squadron RCAF in Coastal Command. At the time of its loss, it was operating out of the Coastal Command airfield at RAF Docking. The Hampden took off at 2030 hours on 18th February 1943 for an operation against German shipping off Iymuiden, Holland. It immediately crashed on take-off near to Docking railway station. There were no survivors from the crew of four and they were buried in St Mary's Church Cemetery, Great Bircham, Norfolk, a short distance from RAF Docking. The aircraft was acting as a torpedo bomber in its Coastal Command anti-shipping role, and the area was quickly evacuated because it had an unexploded torpedo on board. The crew were:
W/O2 (Warrant Officer Grade 2) P.B. Campbell, Pilot, RCAF
Flying Officer K. R. Maffre, Observer, RCAF
W/O2 R.E. Vokey, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, RCAF
W/O2 Z.M. Niblock, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, RCAF.
Hampden AE 435 was one of a batch of 425 B1 aircraft manufactured by English Electric Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire and would have been converted to a TB1 (Torpedo Bomber) for use within Coastal Command when the squadron converted to Hampdens in January 1942. As a B1 aircraft it may have seen service operationally with a Bomber Command squadron.
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L Nice . British Army L Nice served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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A Nichol . British Army Royal Northumberland Fusiliers A Nichol served with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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AF Nichol . British Army AF Nichol served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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GW Nichol . British Army Royal Armoured Corps GW Nichol served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Flt. Sgt. John Potter Nichol . Royal Air Force bomb aimer 106 Sqd. John Nichol was taken prisoner of War after his Lancaster was lost on the 30th of Aug 1944. He was held in Stalag Luft 7 along with his flight engineer Sidney Bell.
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Pte. Samuel Nichol . British Army 7th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) from Annathill, Lanarkshire, Scotland Samuel Nichol served with 7th Battalion, Cameronians.
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Pte. Thomas Henry Nichol . British Army 1st Tyneside Scottish Btn. Black Watch from Gateshead
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Spr. William Blyth Nichol . British Army 586 Field Company Royal Engineers (d.25th Apr 1944) William Nichol died age 26, he was born in Jarrow in 1917, son of Ishmael and Georgina Nichol (nee Blyth) of Jarrow. William is buried in
Cassino War Cemetery and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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Sgt. A. Nicholas . 102 Squadron
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CA Nicholas . British Army CA Nicholas served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte. Ernest Nicholas . British Army Durham Light Infantry (d.25th Aug 1944) Ernest Nicholas died aged 38, he was the son of Hugh William and Mary Jane Nicholas of Jarrow and husband of Mary Nicholas (nee Birkett). He is buried in Jarrow Cemetery and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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G Nicholas . British Army Royal Armoured Corps G Nicholas served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Ernest Frederick Nicholl . British Army Royal Artillery from Canada
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J Nicholl . British Army Royal Armoured Corps J Nicholl served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Sgt. W. Nicholl . 102 Squadron
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? Nicholls . British Army Royal Northumberland Fusiliers ? Nicholls served with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte. Albert Edwin John Nicholls . British Army Welch Regiment from Dagenham, Essex My father, Albert Nicholls, sailed around Africa to get to Egypt, and after developing tuberculosis during the conflict, was sent back around Africa, with a stay in Pietermaritzburg to recuperate and a stop in Capetown to refuel the ship and have shore leave.
I have photos of him at the site of the Sphinx in Egypt, in the hospital at Pietermaritz and a scene from the ship at Capetown.
In his writings before his death, he speaks of the friends he lost in North Africa.
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Brig. Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls GC, ERD.. British Army att. Special Operations Executive Coldstream Guards from Swinbrook, Oxfordshire (d.11th Feb 1944) Arthur Nicholls was the son of Joseph Crane Nicholls, and of Josephine Crane Nicholls (nee Campbell); husband of Dorothy Ann Violet Nicholls (nee Schuster), of Swinbrook, Oxfordshire. He was 33 years oldwhen he lost his life and was buried in the Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery in Albania. His grave is now lost and he is mentioned on the Special Memorial E.
The following details are given in the London Gazette of 1st March 1946: "Awarded the George Cross for most conspicuous gallantry in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner." Brigadier Nicholls parachuted into Albania in October 1943 as General Staff Officer to the Allied Military Mission which organised resistance activities. The Mission was attacked and broken up by the Germans in December and from then on Brigadier Nicholls lived as a fugitive in the open mountains in freezing weather. He continued leading the remnants of the Mission but was suffering from frostbite so severely that he ordered an inexperienced man to amputate both his legs without anaesthetic. He was pulled over the mountains lying upon his greatcoat by two members of his party. He was determined to reach a British Mission to make his report upon which the course of the war in Albania would depend. He succeeded in this but had gone beyond the limits of endurance and died from gangrene and heart failure.
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F/O. D A Nicholls . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Squadron F/L Nicholls was based at Middleton St George near Darlington.
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Sgt. D. B.F. Nicholls . 87 Squadron
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Mjr. David Nicholls . British Army Royal Army Service Corps My father David Nicholls was commissioned by Edward VIII on 15th February as a second lieutenant in the territorials. He saw war service mainly in the Middle East and Africa and after the war was stationed in London.
He married my mother who had served as a Wren during the war in 1946. My father went to Hong Kong. When I was old enough to travel we joined him there. He then was attached to General Templars' staff in Malaysia rising to the rank in 1952 of acting lieutenant colonel. He was awarded the MBE in in 1953. I remember the ceremony well. It took place at Government House Kuala Lumpur.
He returned to Scotland attached to the Black Watch in Perth before going to the records office at Ore Place, Hastings.
He retired from the army and came to New Zealand in 1959. He worked for an engineering firm until he retired in 1976. He died in Auckland in 2002. His funeral was attended by the New Zealand Returned Services Association who gave him generous support in his later years. They played the Last Post and his coffin was covered with a Union Jack. His sword and medals were displayed.
Each year near ANZAC day, I go to my grandson's primary school and tell his story.
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DG Nicholls . British Army DG Nicholls served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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DI Nicholls . British Army 4/7th Dragoon Guards DI Nicholls served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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DJ Nicholls . British Army DJ Nicholls served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Sgt E H Nicholls . RAF 12sqd
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FP Nicholls . British Army Royal Armoured Corps FP Nicholls served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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FR Nicholls . British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment FR Nicholls served with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Lt. Fred Nicholls MM, Croix de Guerre.. British Army 4th Btn. Queens Own Cameron Highlanders from Chesterfield, Derbyshire. My late father, Fred Nicholls enlisted in the Camerons in 1931, according to his medals, of which I have only his dress set, including his Military Medal and French Croix de Guerre. He had many overseas postings before during and after the war. He was with the 4th Camerons on the Somme in June 1940 as a platoon Sergeant. He had to take command of the platoon when his commanding officer was injured and captured. After they ran out of food and ammunition they were ordered to surrender by their C.O. which they did along with the rest of the 51st Highland Division. After the surrender, the troops where marched toward Germany. According to his own story he stayed with his men until they crossed the Belgian border, it was at this point that he made his first escape. I am in possession of both his own account of his escapes and the official M19 debrief account. Whilst they do differ slightly, broadly speaking one confirms the other. He was incarcerated at St Omer after his 2nd or 3rd recapture. It was there that he met Sgt Andrew Faith of the R.H.A. both of them where like minded and they again escaped. After walking through France they eventually crossed the Pyrenees in to Spain where they were arrested and imprisoned by the Spanish Army. They were later released and eventually repatriated via Gibraltar. After returning to the UK they where both awarded the Military Medal. It was after this that he attained the rank of Lieutenant. I have not got his record of service so where and and when he spent the rest of the war is a little sketchy. However he was posted to Aruba with the Camerons in 1941 and he was seconded to the control commission in Germany. He was demobed in 1947.
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P/O George Edwin Nicholls . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 12 Sqdn. from Penzance (d.27th April 1944) In the early morning of 27th April 1944 RAF Lancaster ND 873 12e squadron from Wickenby was shot down by a German nightfighter and crashed in the south of the Netherlands. The seven crew members didn't survive. Their graves are at 'Jonkerbos' war cemetery in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The crew members were:
F/O A.T. McKay (navigator)
Sgt R.W. Laybourne (flight engineer)
Sgt A.K. Shiels (airgunner)
F/O L.L. Smith (airbomber)
Sgt A.S. McJannett (wireless operator)
Sgt H.E. Dyerson (airgunner)
P/O G.E. Nicholls (pilot)
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