History while in the forces
Apr 1916: joined Bankers Battalion, Royal FusiliersDec 1916: invalided home with trench feet
Jan 1917: now at Dover re-joined
Apr 1917: now in France
Jan 1918: promoted Lance Corporal
Apr 1918: shrapnel wound in right knee. Now in hospital at Birmingham
Sep 1918: has just undergone two operations on his knee at Birmingham and expects to obtain his discharge in due course
- Surname
- Nicholls
- Forename
- Laurence Henry
- Service number
- 50341
- Rating or rank
- [Private] Lance Corporal
- Regiment or Other Unit
- [5th Battalion (Bankers) Royal Fusiliers], 4 Platoon A Company 9th Royal Fusiliers British…
- Branch
- Letchworth
- Date of Birth
- 22 Nov 1898
- Date of birth
- 1898
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 08 Jun 1914
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 18 Apr 1916