Notes
The Roll lists his address as "Late of Old Fletton". It records him as "Frank Nickerson", which was the name under which he served in the Army, but his forenames were actually Francis Henry.
(CWGC records that Private Francis Henry Nickerson, regimental number 307651, died aged 21 on 6/10/1917 serving in the 1st/8th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and is now buried in grave XX.F.17 at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium, having been reinterred after the War. They record him as the son of Mr H and Mrs E E Nickerson of Somerby Villa, 76 Wisbech Road, March, Cambs. Francis Henry Nickerson's birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1896. He was the only son of Henry and Elizabeth Emma Nickerson, with whom he was living at 9 Tower Street, Fletton on the 1901 census. On the 1911 census he was living with them at 2 Milton Road, Old Fletton; Francis' place of birth was given as New Fletton on that census. Having enlisted as "Frank Nickerson", his Army file recorded him as a native of Woodston, living at 2 Milton Road in Old Fletton, when he enlisted on 1/4/1912 in the 1/1st Hunts Cyclist Battalion under regimental number 68. He was embodied on 5/8/1914, and embarked for France on 29/7/1916. On 7/8/1916 he was transferred to the 1st/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, at which time his regimental number became 307651. He was killed in action 6/10/1917. The Army file records his next of kin as his parents, Henry and Elizabeth Emma Nickerson. The Medal Rolls record that he was entitled to the Territorial Force medal, as well as the British and Victory medals).