Basic Details
Surname
Nicholls
Forenames
Horace
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
295251
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 147 Fletton Avenue. It states he died at St Julien on 20/9/1917, which differs from official records; he actually died on 21/9/1917, and St Julien is today known as "St Juliaan", in Belgium.

(CWGC records that Corporal Horace Nicholls, regimental number 295251, died aged 25 on 21/9/1917 serving in 2nd/4th Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), and is commemorated on Panel 52 of Ypres Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. They record him as the son of Albert and Elizabeth Nicholls of 147 Fletton Avenue, Old Fletton, Peterborough, and the husband of Florence Emily Nicholls of 1 Fairfax Road, Filey, Yorkshire. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects likewise record his date of death as 21/9/1917, stating that his widow Florence was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
London
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2/4th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not stated
Town of death
St Julien
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
September
Day of death
20
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 20 September 1917 [sic] at St Julien"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
147, FLETTON AVENUE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial