George Nichol – 15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal

Able Seaman Tyneside Z/2334 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hawke Battalion Killed in action 27th September 1918

Enlisted 17 Dec 1914; Collingwood Bn ‘C’ Company 3rd Platoon
4 March 1915, transferred to Anson Bn
8 June 1915 – 4 Aug 1915 Enteric, Invalided to UK 23 Aug 1915
Draft for Nelson Bn British Expeditionary Force 25 Sept 1916
joined Base Depot Etaples 26 Sept 1916
25 Oct 1916 Invalided to UK (Impetigo)
Draft for British Expeditionary Force 27 Feb 1917
joined Nelson Bn 21 March 1917
joined 7th Entrenching Bn 22 Feb 1918
posted to Hawke Bn 15 March 1918
17 Aug 1918 to 149th (RN) Field Ambulance
re-joined Hawke Bn 1 Sept 1918

Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Awarded Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal

1911 census shows George working haulage at the Coal Mine and living at the above address with his widowed father, brother and nephew.