Name
Herbert Cleland Nicolay
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/03/1915
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL
Panel 18 to 20.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 5 Sep 1875 in Kansati, India son of Lt. Col. Frederick William and Mrs. Nicolay of Rose Hill, Bideford, Devon. Educated at the United Services College 1889-94. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 6 Jun 1896, Lieutenant on 4 Oct 1899 and Captain on 6 Jun 1905. He married Elizabeth Susanna Winifred Hanby on 10 Oct 1901 in Darjeeling, Bengal, India.
Wartime Service
He was killed in action at Neuve-Chapelle.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
