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a soldier of the border regiment
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Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour

Full Name	James Dixon Nicholson
Rank (highest)	Private (Drummer)
Service Number	17488
Company	A Company
Battalion	11th Battalion (Lonsdale)
Regiment	Border Regiment
Enlisted / Commissioned	7 January 1915 / Alston, Cumberland
Theatre(s) of War	France and Flanders
Born	Alston-with-Garrigill, Cumberland
Nationality	English
Spouse(s)	Alice Nicholson / Ivy House, Nenthead, Alston
Parents	James and Ruth Nicholson / Market Place, Alston
Casualty Type	Commonwealth War Dead
Died	3 July 1916
Age	28 Years
Cause of Death	Died of wounds
Burial Type	Grave
Reference Number	I.B.7.
Resting Place	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Coordinates	Latitude: 50.01302 / Longitude: 2.5291
Commemorative Scroll	Yes / click here

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