In memory of

Flight Sergeant

James Charles Nicol

who died on 1 Jun 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R115841
  Date of death 19430601
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R115841 Flight Sergeant (No. 420 Snowy Owl Squadron RCAF wireless air gunner) James Charles (Jamie) Nicol (b.1917) of Spruce Home was KIA 19430601 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. Nicol's Wellington was lost in transit from Portreath, Cornwall, to Ras el Ma, Algeria. He was the only son of John Charles and Etta Blanche (Acorn) Nicol who came from Liverpool, Merseyside, and Prince Edward Island respectively to farm, and later retired to Prince Albert. Jamie was born at Prince Albert, educated at Centeville school and was farming when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1941.

AJ Coates and KM Gillies perished on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 491 - Buckland
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Nicol Island, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.4667°N / 109.7333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74N5
  Geo-memorial details In western Lake Athabasca.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19170831
  Place of birth Prince Albert    
  Date of enlistment 19410805
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Spruce Home    
  Occupation farmer
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