NICHOLLS, Frank Raymond Jocelyn
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
'Layforce'
Special Service Detachment 1
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
71042
Honours & Awards:
Died :
Monday, May 11, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Captain Frank Nicholls, No 7 Commando and Layforce, died whilst attached to No 1 Special Service Detachment. He has no known grave. Son of Mrs. A. M. Connell, of West Brompton, London. There is a plaque in his honour inside Stratton Parish Church and he is also remembered on their War Memorial. Photos and more information are in our Gallery entry for Captain Nicholls.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists /National Archives file WO417/3.
Award - London Gazette 35763, page 4689.
Award - London Gazette 35763, page 4689.
[Image] Collection of WO1 Richard Albert 'Dick' Knapton, courtesy of his son Hugh.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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