James Nicholson VC

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Reference WMO/242505

Address:

Control Tower

Boscombe Down Experimental Establishment

Amesbury

SP4 0JF

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Pillar/column
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Rough-hewn stone pillar with plaque placed at the top of one side and the image of a Hurricane in relief below it. Inscription in white lettering.
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IN MEMORY OF/ JAMES NICHOLSON VC/ 1917 - 1945/ ON THE 16TH OF AUGUST 1940 FLIGHT/ LIEUTENANT JAMES B. NICHOLSON WAS LEADING/ RED SECTION OF NO. 249 SQUADRON FROM/ RAF BOSCOMBE DOWN. AN ATTACK BY/ ENEMY AIRCRAFT WHILST OVER SOUTHAMPTON/ LEFT NICHOLSON WOUNDED AND HIS/ HURRICANE ON FIRE. WHEN ABOUT TO BAIL/ OUT HE SIGHTED AND SHOT DOWN ONE OF/ THE ATTACKING AIRCRAFT, ONLY THEN DID HE/ ABANDON HIS OWN AIRCRAFT. FOR THIS DEED/ OF GALLANTRY NICHOLSON WAS AWARDED THE/ VICTORIA CROSS, THE ONLY MEMBER OF/ FIGHTER COMMAND TO BE SO HONOURED/ DURING THE WAR

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