Captain Harold W. Nicholson and 5th Lincolns

Capt. Harold W. Nicholson and 5th Lincolns - Taken by John Readman 29 Sep 2005

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Reference WMO/269477

Address:

All Saints Church

Church Lane

Legbourne

LN11 8LJ

England

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Status: On original site

Type: Non freestanding

Location: Internal

Setting: Inside a building - public/private

Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet

Materials:

Metal Copper
Timber Timber (any)

Lettering: Raised

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)

About the memorial: In the chancel hanging on the north wall is a memorial to a Captain Harold Nicholson. The brass plate measures 660mm long by 440mm in width. It is on a wooden frame, and attached to the wall of the church. To place a tablet in cast bronze in brass with engraved lettering or in brass engraved and the letters filled in with cream enamel to commemorate the gift to the church of the electric lighting with the following inscription thereon, namely: - THE ELECTRIC LIGHT WAS PRESENTED TO THIS CHURCH BY OSCAR & MADELINE DIXON OF KENWICK HALL IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN HARROLD W. NICHOLSON AND THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 5th LINCOLNS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN TAKING THE HOHENZOLLERN REDOUBT 13 OCT. 1915 Greater love have no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. The said tablet to be about two feet by about one foot three inches [610 x 380mm on 670 x 440mm wood back] and to be placed on the north wall of the chancel but outside of the Sanctuary. Approved by the P.C.C. 9th June 1937 Faculty Book 18, page 242, dated 7th September 1937

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NICHOLSON Harold Willison. Captain, 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Son of Lt. Col. J. W. Nicholson, T.D. (R.A.M.C.), and Mrs. Nicholson of Gainsborough. Killed in action 13th October 1915, aged 24, commemorated LOOS MEMORIAL, / Gainsborough WW1 Roll of Honour / Grimsby St. James / Grimsby St. James-Kalendar / Legbourne All Saints. 
Photo G.N. 22.10.15. Marshall’s then took over a business at Staines. Hohenzollern. Captain. (Mentions Major Robinson).   Only son of Lt/Col. Nicholson (R.A.M.C.) from Red Hall.  Invalided home for a short time,  he returned to the front in June.  Died on October 11th 1915 in the early part of the great action in which it is feared so many Gainsborough men  lost their lives.  Private J. Stothard (36 Alfred St) was wounded in the arm by  a piece of shrapnel  from the same shell which killed Capt. Nicholson – he is in hospital in Scotland).  (Note No. 157 H. Gray died with him)
GN 14.5.15 “Capt. Harold Nicholson is in hospital ill. We understand that his condition is not dangerous.”    GN 28.5.15 GN 14.5.15
Friday May 7th Capt Nicholson & Lieut Smythe returned to England with German measles.
Thurs July 22nd - Capt Nicholson rejoined Battalion after sick leave.
GN 11.6.15 Lieutenant Oscar Dixon 5 Lincs from Oughtibridge & Grimsby  married Miss Nicholson, daughter of doctor Nicholson, of Gainsborough. s wounded. [Eleanor Nicholson, 16 in 1901]
Named on Parish Church Institute Roll of Honour September 1914 (those who had enlisted)
From C. Bailey - Friday May 7th - Capt Nicholson and Lieut Smythe returned to England with German measles.
Thurs May 20th - possibly as a result of the mine explosion and subsequent activity Robinson had a bullet through his cap which just grazed his skull.
Sat May 29th - Capt Robinson had reported sick at Newport Dugouts
Mon May 31st - Major (not referred to as Capt now so maybe indication of date of promotion) Robinson returned to duty
Thurs July 22nd - Capt Nicholson rejoined Battalion after sick leave.
Peter Bradshaw.                                                                                                                                                                
	Captain Harold W Nicholson, who fell with the 5th Lincolns, was the only son Surgeon-Major Nicholson of Gainsborough. He was educated at Uppingham School, and afterwards went through a course of engineering. He joined the Lincolns between five and six years ago, and became a subaltern in the Gainsborough Territorial Company, and went out to France with the 5th Battalion in February. He was invalided home in April, and retu7rned to the front in June. He died from a shell explosion on October 11th, and was only 25 years of age.
Boston Guardian 30 October 1915 – page 7.

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