The story
Name: R B NICOLSON
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 851 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ukussa, Katukurunda. Ceylon
Date of death: 1944-05-01
Aircraft: Wildcat
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 9, Row D, Grave 3
Family details: Son of Robert Bryden Nicolson and Lizzie Reid Nicolson, of Gourdon, Kincardineshire
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 851 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ukussa, Katukurunda. Ceylon
Date of death: 1944-05-01
Aircraft: Wildcat
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 9, Row D, Grave 3
Family details: Son of Robert Bryden Nicolson and Lizzie Reid Nicolson, of Gourdon, Kincardineshire
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