Biography:

NICHOLS, CHARLES NORMAN CUBITT (CUBITT-NICHOLS)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Grenadier Guards
Unit Text: 3rd Bn
Age: 40
Date of Death: 09/10/1915
Service No: 20234
Additional information: Son of Daniel and Eliza Cubitt Nichols of London. A Surveyor.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 5 to 7.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

Killed in the The Battle of Loos (River Lys).   Arrived in France 27/7/1915 Enlisted 7/11/1914
Diary 9/10/1915 – “heavy shelling but no further attack was made “ although some deaths noted.
One of five brothers at Cranleigh FCN, GCN, LCN, MCN, DCN