Name
Arthur David Nicholson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1915
42
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
VIII. E. 18.
Germany
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 2 Jul 1873 in Shoeburyness, Essex son of Maj. Gen. Stuart James Nicholson (Col. Commandant, Royal Artillery) and Elizabeth Anne (Burn) Nicholson of 8 Hope Street, St. Andrews, Fife. Educated at Haileybury College 1887-90. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 21 Oct 1893, Lieutenant 1 Jun 1896 and Captain 12 Jul 1899. Served as Adjutant of Imperial Yeomanry from 8 Mar 1907. Served in the Sudan and in South African Campaigns.
Wartime Service
He died of wounds in Crefeld, a German prisoner of war camp for officers north of Dusseldorf.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
