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Pilot Officer DENIS FRANKLIN NICHOLSON

Service Number: 80278
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

44 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOSSELIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row 1. Coll. grave 5-7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Franklin Nicholson and Mizpah Darling Nicholson, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription A LIFE NOBLY GIVEN FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

GOSSELIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 112
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