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Military service
Service number:
139773
Age:
25
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
April 19, 1891
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 17, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Jane Nicol of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Nicol
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Memorial Notice
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Newspaper Clipping
This article and photo of John Nicol appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram on December 7th, 1916. Nicol enlisted in Toronto on September 17th, 1915. -
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) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JOHN NICOL
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Nicol
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Nicol
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Nicol
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Nicol
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Nicol
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Nicol
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Nicol
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 142 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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