NICHOLS, Alexander Hause

Rank: 
Acting Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Engineers
Service: 
Army
Number: 
317555
P.O.W. number: 
18628
Born: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1913
Birthplace: 
Grimsby
Died: 
2006
Place died: 
Derbyshire
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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