Nichol B Lance Corporal 4451623
Personnel Entry
Name Nichol Bertram
Army number 4451623.
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry. Exact date not yet known, but his number suggests 1938 or early 1939. Posted to the ? Battalion. Posted to the 10th Battalion - possibly 1/9/1939. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Posted to ? Battalion DLI on Brigade disbandment. Returned to the UK. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Corporal.
Wounded Reported wounded N W Europe circa June 1944. Reported wounded N W Europe 19/8/1944..
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family information as yet.
Source table
The DLI Enlistment Book entry for Lance Corporal Nichol indicates that he was Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) on 15/9/1940. This is at variance with the other information that has been gathered about him and will need further investigation.
