NICHOLSON, James

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
4 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Liverpool City Police
Regiment/Corps: 
Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
14241684
Born: 
Wednesday, June 21, 1922
Died: 
1982
Place died: 
Leeds, Yorkshire
Private James Nicholson was wounded June 1944 during operations at Normandy France. He was a Liverpool City Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 joining the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Garforth, Leeds.
Timeline
01.09.1941 joined Liverpool City Police.
23.07.1942 released to the Armed Forces - 2nd Police Intake.
06.06.1944 gunshot wound to the chest and arm.
02.11.1945 discharged from military service with injuries that prevented him re-joining the Police Force.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/76.
Neil Murphy, former Liverpool City Police Officer now Civil Staff, via Tony Moore, FRHistS and Police Historian.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 77 (1983).
Registers of Deaths in Leeds, registered Oct/Nov/Dec. 1982
 

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