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Harry Nicholson was born in Beverley the 9 Feb 1893, the son of Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Nicholson (nee Thompson), both from Beverley, they married in Beverley Minster in 1890. Benjamin spent his early life as a stableman in Newmarket but returned to Beverley to be a fish merchant and game supplier with premises at 4 Butcher Row. Harry become an assistant in the business and was classified as a “fish merchant” in his army documents. He had one brother, Frank Victor born 1897, who also served in the army.
According to the Beverley Guardian 8 Dec 1917 Harry and his father served in the same regiment in France, the Army Service Corps Remounts Service. Harry arrived in France on 13 Jan 1915, he served as a private. In the autumn of 1917 after home leave, Harry switched to the Infantry, joining the 2nd/5th East Lancashire Regiment on the Western Front. On 23 Nov 1917 he was severely gassed and burnt and taken to hospital at Boulogne. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star and the War and Victory medals.
Harry moved to Malton working with horses, he is recorded in the 1939 Register as a groom. In 1920 he married Emily Swales (nee Brown) in Malton, they had three children and lived in Highfield Road, Malton. Harry died in Malton in 1971 aged 78.
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