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Jun 25, 1895
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Born at Glasgow
Scotland
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Nov 3, 1914
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Attested into
the 21st Battalion at Kingston Ontario
Ø Number 59749 (temporary number 103)
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs Annie Nicoll Easton (sister) of 15 George
St., Brockville Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Laborer
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
Ø Assigned to “A” Company
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS
Metagama at Montreal Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked at
Devonport England and proceeded to West Sandling Camp near Hythe, Kent
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St
Seiriol at Folkstone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked at
Boulogne France and proceeded to St Omer
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May 1, 1916
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Granted leave
until May 10
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May 10, 1916
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At duty from
leave
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Sep 15, 1916
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Received
shrapnel wounds to left leg during the fighting on The Somme
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Sep 16, 1916
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Admitted to No 3
Canadian General Hospital at Boulogne
Surgery
performed to remove metal fragments
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Sep 17, 1916
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Invalided to
England aboard the Hospital Ship Aberdonian
Posted to
CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) while in hospital
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Sep 19, 1916
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Admitted to No 3
Scottish General Hospital (Oakbank War Hospital) at Glasgow Scotland
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Oct 13, 1916
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Transferred to
Hillingdon House Convalescent Hospital at Uxbridge
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Nov 4, 1916
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Awarded 1 Good
Conduct Badge
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Nov 6, 1916
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Discharged from
hospital and TOS CCAC
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Jan 18, 1917
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Discharged from
St Leonard’s and TOS 6th Reserve Battalion
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Mar 6, 1917
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Arrived at CBD
(Canadian Base Depot) at Havre France and TOS 21st Battalion
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Mar 31, 1917
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Left CBD for 2nd
Entrenching Battalion
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Apr 2, 1917
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Joined the 2nd
Entrenching Battalion in the field
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Apr 16, 1917
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Left to join
unit
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Apr 17, 1917
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Joined the 21st
Battalion in the field
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Jun 24, 1917
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Admitted to No 4
CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance)
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Jul 22, 1917
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At duty from CFA
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Aug 4, 1917
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Admitted to No 4
CFA with an abscess in armpit
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Aug 7, 1917
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At duty from No
4 CFA
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Aug 15, 1917
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Killed In Action
Because his body was never located or identified, he is commemorated
on the Vimy Ridge Memorial in France
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Oct 18, 1917
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Awarded the
Military Medal per London Gazette #30340
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Oct 5, 1920
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Beginning on
this date, and on subsequent dates, the following were sent to his father, Mr. JM Nicholl,
at 14 Cambridge Dr., Glasgow Scotland
British War Medal
Victory Medal
1914-15 Star
Military Medal
Plaque and Scroll
There is a note that there was no Memorial Cross issued
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2010
For the 7
nights leading up to November 11, 2010, the names of all Canadian soldiers were projected
onto the Belgian War Memorial in Ypres. At
the same time, the same names were being broadcast via the internet to schools across
Belgium and Canada. The image above shows
the opening ceremonies at the Belgian War Memorial on November 4, 2010.
Below on the
left is the name of William Nicoll being projected on that wall. Below right shows the name being broadcast to the
schools. Each name appeared for 25 seconds
and each night 9,700 names were shown.
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