Lance Corporal Andrew Gray Nicol
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Nicol,
Andrew Gray
Date of birth: 1886-08-19
Place of birth: Forgue Aberdeenshire Scotland
Next of kin: Mrs R Nicol, mother. Conland, Forgue, Aberdeenshire
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-04
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Highland Cemetery, Roclincourt, II. C. 58.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 420769
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
Rank detail
- Lance Corporal (Army).
- Private, 43rd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Battle of Arras
Commemoration location: Forgue War Memorial
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 262590
LAC ID:
561787
Service file: B7327-S009
Uploader's Notes: Son of Mrs. Isabella Nicol, of Conland, Forgue, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The War Book of Turriff & 12 Miles Round : Page 312. Occ: Clerk.
Lance Corporal Nicol was one of 11 Other Ranks killed and 27 wounded when a High Explosive shell struck a Battalion hut at St. Vaast.
CEF Burial Registers - Killed in Action. Whilst in his hut at Neuville St. Vaast, at about 4.00 P.M. on April 4th 1917, he was killed by an enemy shell.
War Diary records 11 killed and 27 wounded with one later being reported as Missing, Presumed Dead.
Lance Corporal Nicol was one of 11 Other Ranks killed and 27 wounded when a High Explosive shell struck a Battalion hut at St. Vaast.
CEF Burial Registers - Killed in Action. Whilst in his hut at Neuville St. Vaast, at about 4.00 P.M. on April 4th 1917, he was killed by an enemy shell.
War Diary records 11 killed and 27 wounded with one later being reported as Missing, Presumed Dead.
Uploader's Research notes: Worked for Ashdown's Stores in Winnipeg. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 43rd Battalion Lance Corporal Army Canadian Railway Troops 5th Railway Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-05-07