Source: Record of promotion in service records of Robert Swansborough, 745172.
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 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, 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. Solder was under age.
Military Medal per 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.
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 