Guest Pete Wood Posted 14 April , 2004 Share Posted 14 April , 2004 AM.I Frederick Joseph NICHOLS, 7398 2 Sqdn, Royal Air Force, who died aged 21 on 14.04.18. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extn, France Name: NICHOLS, FREDERICK JOSEPH Initials: F J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Air Mechanic 1st Class Regiment: Royal Air Force Unit Text: No. 2 Sqdn Secondary Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery Secondary Unit Text: attd. 79th Siege Bty. Age: 21 Date of Death: 14/04/1918 Service No: 7398 Additional information: Son of Joseph and Ada Nichols, of 156, Earlsfield Rd., Wandsworth, London. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. B. 27. Cemetery: AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Cross of Sacrifice states Died of Wounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perce620 Posted 14 April , 2004 Share Posted 14 April , 2004 looks like your man was a wireless operator, have just put a link in on the site(RFCWOOCA) will see if his name appears in the book. These guys were trained at Farnborough and then posted to a Sqn and then out to a battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 14 April , 2004 Share Posted 14 April , 2004 Was there also a wireless school at Brooklands....?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perce620 Posted 14 April , 2004 Share Posted 14 April , 2004 I dont know will find out for you, all the guys mentioned in the book were Farnborough trained Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 14 April , 2004 Share Posted 14 April , 2004 There is a story, here: Name: BROWN, ROBERT McCULLOCH Initials: R M Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Air Mechanic 2nd Class Regiment: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 5th Sqdn. Secondary Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery Secondary Unit Text: attd. 79th Siege Bty. Age: 22 Date of Death: 15/04/1918 Service No: 403389 Additional information: Husband of Mary McA. McNaught (formerly Brown), of 15, Apsley St., Partick, Glasgow. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. B. 33. Cemetery: AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Died of Wounds..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perce620 Posted 14 April , 2004 Share Posted 14 April , 2004 looks like it was a bad day for forward observers and wireless operators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 14 April , 2004 Share Posted 14 April , 2004 Our man's brother did not make it, either: Name: NICHOLS, HERBERT GEORGE Initials: H G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Fusiliers Unit Text: 9th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 24/09/1917 Service No: 62419 Additional information: Son of Joseph and Ada Martha Nichols, of 156, Earlsfield Rd, Wandsworth, London. Born at Fulham, London. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. M. 26. Cemetery: MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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