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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
Central Flying School
Enlistment:
Cannington, Ontario
Death:
December 24, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
33.
Additional information
Son of Robert Andrew Nicholls, of Cannington, Ontario. Born at Kirkfield.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Oscar Lancelot Nicholls
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Memorial Plaque embossed with the name of Oscar Lancelot Nicholls. This plaque was sent by the British government, as a token of remembrance, to 2/Lt Nicholls's father, Robert A. Nicholls of Kirkfield, Ontario. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2024.) -
Medal
The British War Medal that was posthumously awarded to 2nd Lieutenant Nicholls to recognize his service. It is named on its rim to "2. LIEUT. O. L. NICHOLLS. R.A.F." This was seemingly his only medal entitlement. (Images taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2024.)
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Oscar Lancelot Nicholls
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Oscar Lancelot Nicholls
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Oscar Lancelot Nicholls
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Oscar Lancelot Nicholls
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Oscar Lancelot Nicholls
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 592 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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UPAVON CHURCH CEMETERY Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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