Studio portrait probably of 2064 Corporal (Cpl) Lancelot Douglas Nicol, 14th Field Artillery ...

Accession Number P11410.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Hawkins, E & Co
Place made United Kingdom: England, Sussex, Brighton
Date made c 26 June 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait probably of 2064 Corporal (Cpl) Lancelot Douglas Nicol, 14th Field Artillery Brigade. A butcher prior to enlisting on 2 September 1915, Cpl Nicol embarked for overseas service aboard HMAT Wandilla (A62) on 3 February 1916. He was promoted to Sergeant (Sgt) on 29 September 1917. Sgt Nicol was killed in action in Belgium on 24 October 1917, aged 25 years old.