Nicholson, Charles
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Charles |
Surname | Nicholson |
Gender | M |
Age | 44 |
Decorations | LSGC |
Date of Death | 20-08-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Martin and Margaret Nicholson. Husband of Ellen Nicholson, of Paddington, Warrington. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Warrington Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec Z. Grave 605. |
Epitaph | PEACEFULLY SLEEPING FREE FROM PAIN WE WOULD NOT WAKE YOU TO SUFFER AGAIN. R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 219 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 347984 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 207 |
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Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Bottesford during WW2 |
Location | X, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed group of Memorial Stones with adjacent info board |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Spilsby and of 10 Sqn Armourers killed in an accident on 10th April 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Spilsby during WW2 |
Location | Stn Church, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Waddington between 1 November 1940 and 18th November 1941 |
Location | Harby Rd, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Langar during WW2 |
Location | St. Andrew's Church, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaque & Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and a memorial to the personnel of 207 Sqn RAF who were killed flying from RAF Langar during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct (LSGC) Medal which required 18 years' unblemished service. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Spilsby |
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Reason for Loss | While on discharge leave when be became seriously ill and was admitted to RAF hospital Padgate on 12 August. Dangerously ill on 20 August, he was transferred to the Warrington General hospital, where he died of haematuria with his wife at his bedside. |