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Description: | photograph of the 6th Battalion; the picture has been taken by the wall of a building with windows behind and cobbled streets in front; the soldiers are arranged in tiers with 5 men in each; came into donor's possession via his mother whose brother Pte John Nicholson (later Sgt) is in the photograph but unidentified. John Nicholson enlisted at 17 and was in the Boer war, worked on farms whilst a reserve. He was wounded in Gallipoli and recouped in Egypt later returning and was kileed along with and officer he was tring to rescue. He was a Kirkstead man but lived in Frithville area. His name is on the Frithville war memorial | Subjects: | Military Photography | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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