Nicholson, Frank Baldwin: Service no. 141263 (Military Medal)

Digitized Service Record

Source: Record of promotion in service records of Robert Swansborough, 745172.

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Family Search: When Frank Baldwin Nicholson was born on 29 July 1898, in Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, his father, George Joshawa Nicholson, was 43 and his mother, Margaret Allan, was 40. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Helen Kate Truscott. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 17, his occupation is listed as clerk in Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. He died on 17 March 1965, in Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 66, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Birth date on Attestation is 29 December 1897. Birth date on birth record is 29 July 1898. Soldier was underage.

Military Medal per the London Gazette. No. 30264. 2/11/17. Page 11348. “For bravery in the Field.”

24711-23 (Wentworth Co) Frank Baldwin NICHOLSON, 24, commercial traveller, Canada, Hamilton, s/o George [NICHOLSON] (b. Canada) & Margaret ALLEN, married Helen Kate TRUSCOTT, 28, stenographer, Canada, Hamilton, d/o John P. TRUSCOTT (b. Scotland) & Kate McILROY, witn: Annie M. TRUSCOTT & James E. NICHOLSON both of Hamilton, 28 Apr 1923 at Hamilton.

Nicholson, Frank Balwdin: Service no. 141263 (Military Medal). Hamilton Spectator 1918. Via David Archer, 18th Battalion Facebook Page.
Inscription at the bell tower of the Bouvigny-Boyeffles church near Barlin, France, made by this man on July 6, 1917. Barlin was close to the church and many inscriptions of soldiers of the 18th and other Canadian battalions still exist on the grounds. Via Quentin de Givenchy at the 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
The Hamilton Spectator
Fri, Mar 19, 1965 ·Page 33.

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