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Military service
Service number:
437784
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
January 6, 1894
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Elizabeth Nicol, of Bellshill, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Nicol
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Photo of ALEXANDER NICOL
Private Alexander Nicol attested in to the 51st Battalion CEF at Sedgewick, Alberta on 13 Oct 1915 and was sent to the 15th Battalion CEF on 9 Jun 1916. He is seated front row second from the right. Submitted by BGen G Young, 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project 1 Sept 2014. Dileas Gu Brath -
Document
Part 2 Orders dated 13 November 1916 indicating fatal casualties (including Pte Nicol who was killed during the assault on Regina Trench on 26 September) suffered by the 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 51st Bn (Edmonton). Private Nicol was a member of the 51st Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service (back)
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Alexander Nicol
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Nicol
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Nicol
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 142 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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