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HEBBURN

Nicholson, W.G., L/Cpl., 1941

Photo: Dorothy Hall

Photo: Dorothy Hall

In Hebburn Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of

2048881 Lance Corporal
W.G. Nicholson
Royal Engineers
4th March 1941 Age 30

Greater Love Hath
No Man Than This
That A Man Lay Down
His Life For His Friends

Son of Thomas and Margaret Jane Nicholson, of Hebburn; husband of Mary Nicholson, of Hebburn.

A small plaque in front reads:-

In
loving memory of
my dear husband
William G. Nicholson
Killed in action
March 4th 1941
aged 30 years

William Graham Nicholson is not remembered on a local War Memorial.


The CWGC entry for Lance Corporal Nicholson

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk