Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Nicholson
In memory of:
Private John Nicholson
September 27, 1918
Military Service
877645
28
Army
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Additional Information
October 5, 1889
Son of Alexis Campbell Nicholson, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and Lauchlin Nicholson.
Commemorated on Page 478 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
I. C. 16.
Bourlon is a village approximately 6 kilometres west of Cambrai. It lies between the main Cambrai to Bapaume road (N30) and the Cambrai to Arras road (D939). The BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY is signposted from the centre of the village as is the Canadian Forces Memorial. On approaching the Memorial the road should be followed to the left where an unsurfaced track descends about 200 metres to the cemetery.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of JOHN NICHOLSON – In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Cover – A Short History & Photographic Record of the Cape Breton Highlanders By Lt. Colonel Frank P. Day -
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Photo of John Nicholson
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