Source: Post by Operation Picture Me at the 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
Family Search: When Ewing Walter Nichol was born on 17 August 1897, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, Reverend Peter Elder Nichol, was 39 and his mother, Agness Nichol, was 32. He married Sarah Elizabeth Ferguson on 2 September 1922, in London, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America. He lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 18, his occupation is listed as hardware salesman. He died on 22 June 1960, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 62.
NICHOL E. W. Pte 802043 Western Ontario Regt. 18th Bn MILITARY MEDAL
R.O. 3945 Burstall 19-12-17 L.G. 30498 1-3-18
MILITARY MEDAL For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in front of PASSCHENDAELE on Nov. 12th. During a very heavy enemy barrage, and when an attack was imminent he took charge of a Lewis Gun crew when his N.C.O. had become a casualty and opened fire on the enemy position. Though the rest of the crew became casualties he continued to fire through the barrage until the situation cleared. (A.F.W. 3121. 19-1-17)
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 