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Rank : Private

Army Number : 7988

Unit : 2nd and 1st Bns

Biography :

Home address given as Coalville. Enlisted at Leicester on 4.9.1906 and served with the 2nd Bn in India from 6.11.1907-9.12.1913. On his return to the UK he was transferred to the 1st Bn for service during World War One, entering France with the Battalion on 9.9.1914. Killed in action France and Flanders campaign 28.7.1916. The war diary for that day records "Bomb accident occurred in X.5. Bombers were cleaning bombs, when for some unknown reason, a bomb exploded in the hands of Private Nicholls, killing Sergeant Faulkner, Privates Nicholls and Potter and wounding 6 others all belonging to A Company.". He is buried at Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Date of Birth : 1886

Place of Birth : Coalville, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 28.7.1916

Place of Death : Belgium

Civil Occupation : Colliery Worker

Period of Service : 4.9.1906 - 28.7.1916

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : India, France and Flanders