NICHOLS, Alexander Hause
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Rank:
Acting Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Engineers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
317555
P.O.W. number:
18628
Born:
Wednesday, January 1, 1913
Birthplace:
Grimsby
Died:
2006
Place died:
Derbyshire
Operations:
Lance Corporal Alexander Nichols was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire, later found to be a prisoner of war. Embarked for the raid on Motor Launch ML 262.
- 28 July 1933 attested into the Royal Tank Corps.
- 8 March 1940 transferred to the Royal Engineers.
Sources
St Nazaire Society website.
Casualty Lists / National archives file WO417/44.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/271/444 (Front Stalag 133).
Royal Tank Corps Enlistment Records, 1919-1934.
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