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Boy Shipwright Horace Albert Wager Nicholls
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Pembroke
Son of Albert Joseph Nicholls

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Birth: 
1899 Plymouth
Devon, England

Death:

 Apr. 9, 1917 Chatham
Kent, England

Burial:
Woodlands Cemetery 
Gillingham
Kent, England
Plot: Naval. 24. 1249.

Casualty of the Great War, Horace Albert Wager Nicholls was the son of Albert Joseph Nicholls and his wife Mary Rebecca Dawson. Horace died at the RN Barracks/Base, Chatham of an illness. His parents are buried in Horace's wargrave but there names are not recorded thereon.

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Casualty Details details


Name: NICHOLLS, HORACE ALBERT WAGER
Initials: H A W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Boy Shipwright
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Pembroke
Age: 17
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: M/9973
Additional information: Son of Albert J. and Mary R. Nicholls, of 69, Napier Rd., Gillingham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Naval. 24. 1249.
Cemetery: GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY



Photo provided by Geoffrey Gillon

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