Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Country: Belgium
Area: Poperingewest-Vlaanderen
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Force: Royal Flying Corps
Official Number:
Unit: 6th Sqdn.
Country of Service: British
Details: Died of wounds received in action whilst flying the previous day. 22nd August 1917. Age 23. Son of Joseph Shield Nicholson (Prof. Edin. Univ.) and Jeanie Walmsley Nicholson of 3 Belford Park Edinburgh. He brought his wounded observer and his aeroplane back to the aerodrome. XVI. A. 10.
Photograph by Op Tribute2 / David Milborrow