2nd Lieut.
John
Reginald
Nickson
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Son of John Joseph Nickson
and Jane (Allen) Nickson
Brother of
Catherine Louise (Nickson) Deal, Thomas Ralph Nickson, Margaret Jane Lindsay Nickson, Charlotte Hilda Edith (Nickson) Paddon, Martha Beatrice (Nickson) Baylis, Harold Robert Nickson and Irene J Nickson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 26
in Wytham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jul 2019
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Biography
He was a member of the Royal Flying Corps, 35th Squadron (1st Central Ontario Regt.)., formerly 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion.
Accidentally killed while flying at Wytham, near Oxford.
Sources
- "British Columbia Birth Registrations, 1854-1903," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZ6-DVM : 11 March 2018), John Reginald Nickson, 26 Mar 1891; citing British Columbia Archives film number B13809, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,114,717.
- "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MTMF : 16 March 2018), Reginald J Nickson in entry for John J Nicklason, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.
See Also:
- Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 17 January 2020), memorial page for Lieut John Reginald Nickson (26 Mar 1891–2 Jan 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #43481934, citing Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford, City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England ; Maintained by Athanatos (contributor 46907585) .
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