Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookt. 1914; left with 2nd reinforcements, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 27 Aug. 1915; _unm._ =NEWTON, ERNEST=, Armourer's Crew, M. 2643, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =NEWTON, FREDERICK=, L.-Corpl., No. 9311, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died at Coulommieres, 9 Sept. 1914, of wounds received in action. Buried in Cemetery there; _unm._ =NEWTON, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6696), S.S. 968, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =NEWTON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 13524, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NIBLETT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 225960, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =NICHOLL, CHRISTOPHER BENONI=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Edward Powell Nicholl, of Ogmore, Manitou, Manitoba; formerly vicar of Ascott-sub-Wychwood, co. Oxon, and recently Incumbent of Mission of St. Luke, Pembina Crossing, Manitoba, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Jenkyns, of Llanblethian, Glamorgan, and grandson of the late Right Hon. John Nicholl, of Merthyr Mawr, co. Glamorgan; _b._ Leighton Buzzard, co. Bedford, 15 Dec. 1881; educ. Manitoba Public Schools, and St. John's Collegiate School, Winnipeg; was a Chemist; received a commission as Lieut. in the 16th Saskatchewan Light Horse, Nov. 1911; and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for Imperial service, and was appointed Lieut. 5th Battn. 22 Sept. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct. following; went to France, 25 May, and died in No. 3 Casualty Clearing Hospital, Bailleul, 30 July, 1915, of wounds received on the 29th, when on night patrol near Ploegsteert, examining the wire entanglements in front of the trenches; _unm._ In the Battn. journal his comrades wrote of him: "A quiet and unostentatious officer was Lieut. Nicholl. But he was one whose conscience was keen for good service ... those who were privileged to know him knew an honest heart and a nature entirely true and faithful." [Illustration: =Christopher B. Nicholl.=] =NICHOLAS, GEORGE ARTHUR=, No. 2101, A Coy., 1/4th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Nicholas, of Limehurst Lodge, Haywards Heath, Gardener, by his wife, Ruth Mary, dau. of George Mitchell; _b._ Wivelsfield, co. Sussex, 31 May. 1895; educ. St. Wilfred's School, Haywards Heath; was a Butcher's Assistant, enlisted 31 Aug. 1914; left with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 16 July, 1915, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 11 Sept. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =George Arthur Nicholas.=] =NICHOLAS, ROBERT STANLEY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., 1871), late Ch./12017, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NICHOLLS, HARRY=, Chief Armourer, 151366, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NICHOLLS, HENRY ARTHUR=, Private, No. 8777, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late James Nicholls, of Birmingham; _b._ Birmingham. 19 Feb. 1895; educ. Highfield Road School there; enlisted 30 June, 1910, served three years with the Colours, and then entered the employ of the G.W.R. as a carman. On the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up, went to the Front with his regt. and served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne, and all the severe fighting from 26 Oct. to 20 Nov. when in the words of the Brigadier-General Commanding the 4th (Guards) Brigade, "the Coldstreams held their line intact under hardships and strain that it is impossible to describe." During these four weeks they had occupied trenches dug on a hill full of natural springs, and which were "undrainable, and constantly full of water above the knee for 23 days. The gale of about 2 Nov. cleared the wood in which they were, of every particle of cover, the trees having been all pierced through by shrapnel and bullets. Hand grenades thrown at them were, on one occasion when they did not explode, picked up and hurled back again, and they finally rejoined the Brigade on the right flank of this part of the British line on 17 Nov. in as good heart as the day they left England." On 20 Nov. they were withdrawn for a short rest, but were soon back in the firing line and Nicholls died of wounds received in action the same day at La Bassée, 31 Jan. 1915, and was buried in Cuinchy Churchyard. He _m._ at Walworth, London, 29 June, 1913, Helen Adelaide (119, Albany Road, Camberwell, S.E.), dau. of (--) Ware, and had a dau., Phyllis May, _b._ 30 April, 1914. [Illustration: =Henry Arthur Nicholls.=] =NICHOLLS, JOHN WILLIAM ERNEST=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26610, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =NICHOLLS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Private, No. 19427, 1st Battn. The Welsh Regt., _s._ of William Charles Nicholls, Sailor; _b._ Penzance, 7 Dec. 1880; educ. National School there, enlisted following the outbreak of war, 15 Nov. 1914, served in France with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed at Zillebeke, 25 May, 1915. He _m._ at Penzance, 22 Sept. 1901, Alice Maud, dau. of George James Pidwell, and had six sons: William Charles, _b._ 4 Nov. 1901; George James, _b._ 30 Jan. 1905; Richard John, _b._ 26 Oct. 1907; Stephen, _b._ 18 Nov. 1909; Arthur Reginald, _b._ 26 Nov. 1912; and Edward Harvey, _b._ 22 Oct. 1914. =NICHOLLS, WILLIAM JAMES=, Chief Stoker, 170482, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =NICHOLSON, ARTHUR KNIGHT=, 2nd Lieut., 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars, only _s._ of Herbert Nicholson, of Ridborough Hall, Tunbridge Wells, J.P., C.C., by his wife, Stella, dau. of Edward W. Knight; _b._ Helena, Montana, U.S.A., 6 Oct. 1893; educ. St. Andrew's, Harrow, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 18th Hussars, 22 Jan. 1913; went to France, Aug. 1914; and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 31 Oct. following. Buried near Chateau Hollebeke; _unm._ =NICHOLS, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310744, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NICHOLS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4613), 173115, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NICHOLSON, BASIL LEE=, Lieut., 3rd Staffordshire Battery, North Midland Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Sir Arthur Nicholson, of Highfield Hall, Leek, co. Stafford, J.P., C.C., by his wife, Marianne Lee, dau. of Robert Falkner, of Kersal; _b._ Highfield Hall, 24 Oct. 1890; educ. Malvern, Rugby, and afterwards in Germany and Switzerland, joined the Territorial Force shortly after its formation, served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in the trenches near Ypres, while making observations, 24 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Dranoutre Churchyard. Col. Sir Hill Child, Bart., wrote: "He was shot through the head this afternoon, whe |