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Ronald Nichols


Date of birth: 1921
Date of death: 12.9.1944
Area: Knottingley
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Family information: Son of Arthur Nichols and Jane Ann nee Atha
Rank: Gunner
Service number: 1427589

War Service

Gunner Ronald Nichols, service number 17427589, of the 9 Coast Regiment, Royal Field Artillery, died on 12th September 1944 in the Malaya Theatre of War aged 24. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.

Family Life

Ronald Nichols was born in the third quarter of 1921 and his birth was registered at Leeds. He was the son of Arthur Nichols and Jane Ann (nee Atha) who had married in the second quarter of 1920 at Leeds.
In the first quarter of 1932, registered at North Leeds, Jane Ann Nichols married John W Womack, hence his mother is shown as Jane Ann Womack of Knottingley.

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