Name
Eustace Alfred Morley Nichols
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/07/1916
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
2th Bn., attached 15th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
V. A. 2.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ind Plaque, St Augustine’s Church Memorial, Broxbourne
Pre War
Son of Edward Charles and Sarah Nichols, of 12A, Prestonville Rd., Brighton. Born in Broxbourne, Herts. Baptised at St Augustine's Church, Broxbourne.
Wartime Service
Killed in action near Hardecourt, France "Gallantly leading his men in an attack on German trenches on July 30th, 1916."
His sergeant wrote: "He was fearless; I have seen him carry a wounded officer into safety under shell fire."
Acknowledgments
Richard Barber
