Nicholl, Frederick Alan Benson

Frederick Alan Benson Nicholl

Rank: Lieutenant

Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Rev. & Mrs C Nicholl

Brothers: Charles Alexander Jacomb Nicholl & Reginald Eycott Nicholl

Brother-in-Law: Harry Ben Le Despencer Tree

Address: 10 Charles Road, St Leonards

Other Info: At the Front

4/8/1883 – Born Midhurst, Hastings, East Sussex. Son of Rev Charles Alfred Samuel and Henrietta Catherine (née Jacomb) Nicoll
Brother of Lieutenant Charles J Nicoll, Royal Indian Marines and Reginald E Nicoll, Royal Naval Air Service
1891 census – 10 Charles Road, StreetLeonards, Hastings
1912 – Home on leave for [sister’s] wedding
28/7/1914 – Uganda Police: British East Africa
28/7/1914 – Disembarked SS Mombasa in London from Mombasa, Kenya
4/9/1914 – To be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
8/1/1915 – To be temporary Captain from Lieutenant
2/2/1915 – Promoted from Lieutenant to Captain
24/9/1917 – To be seconded as assistant Provost Marshal
Oct-Dec 1918 – Married Katherine V Tooth at Hastings, Sussex
13/11/1918 – Police: 10 Charles Road, StreetLeonards, Hastings
14/3/1919 – Mentioned in Despatches by Field Marshal D Haig, Commander-in-Chief, The British Armies in France
31/3/1919 – Appointed Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl FF)
3/6/1919 – To be Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
8/1/1920 – Appointed Assistant Provost Marshal (cl.BB) from Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl FF)
c.1920 – Birth of daughter Miss M Nicoll
c.1921 – Birth of daughter Miss P Nicoll
8/1/1920 – Appointed Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl. BB) from a Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl. FF) and to be temporary Major while so employed
16/1/1921 – Appointed Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl. BB) and relinquished rank of Major to return to Captain
6/2/1921 – Promoted from Captain to Major
1/7/1921 – Promoted to Major (seniority from 24/6/1920)
13/11/1924 – Embarked SS Norman at London for Mombasa (with family inteding to emigrate to south Africa, recorded with rank of Major)
c.1926 – Birth of son, Christopher Nicoll
16/2/1928 – Colonian Service: Uganda (recorded with rank of Major)
16/2/1928 – Disembarked SS Matiana in London from Beira, Mozambique (destination Riverway, Shiplake-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)
4/8/1933 – Ceases to belong to Reserve of Officers having reached the age limit of liability to recall
1/1/1934 – Awarded Kings Police Medal for distinguished service
27/7/1934 – Disembarked SS Malda in London from Daar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika, (with wife, Kathleen Nicoll, and son, Christopher Nicoll)
29/4/1938- Commissioner of Police: Tanganyika
29/4/1938 – Disembarked SS Umalda in London from Mombasa, Kenya (destination Junior Naval & Military Club, London W1)
3/1/1939 – Awarded Venerable Order of the Hospital of StreetJohn of Jerusalem as a serving brother
4/8/1941 – To be 2nd Lieutenant in Army Cadet Force
15/9/1957 – Died at Hastings, Sussex

Thank you to Rae Taylor for this information.

Published: December 1914

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  • 4/8/1883 - Born Midhurst, Hastings, East Sussex. Son of Rev Charles Alfred Samuel and Henrietta Catherine (née Jacomb) Nicoll
    Brother of Lieutenant Charles J Nicoll, Royal Indian Marines and Reginald E Nicoll, Royal Naval Air Service
    1891 census - 10 Charles Road, StreetLeonards, Hastings
    1912 - Home on leave for [sister's] wedding
    28/7/1914 - Uganda Police: British East Africa
    28/7/1914 - Disembarked SS Mombasa in London from Mombasa, Kenya
    4/9/1914 - To be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
    8/1/1915 - To be temporary Captain from Lieutenant
    2/2/1915 - Promoted from Lieutenant to Captain
    24/9/1917 - To be seconded as assistant Provost Marshal
    Oct-Dec 1918 - Married Katherine V Tooth at Hastings, Sussex
    13/11/1918 - Police: 10 Charles Road, StreetLeonards, Hastings
    14/3/1919 - Mentioned in Despatches by Field Marshal D Haig, Commander-in-Chief, The British Armies in France
    31/3/1919 - Appointed Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl FF)
    3/6/1919 - To be Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
    8/1/1920 - Appointed Assistant Provost Marshal (cl.BB) from Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl FF)
    c.1920 - Birth of daughter Miss M Nicoll
    c.1921 - Birth of daughter Miss P Nicoll
    8/1/1920 - Appointed Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl. BB) from a Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl. FF) and to be temporary Major while so employed
    16/1/1921 - Appointed Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl. BB) and relinquished rank of Major to return to Captain
    6/2/1921 - Promoted from Captain to Major
    1/7/1921 - Promoted to Major (seniority from 24/6/1920)
    13/11/1924 - Embarked SS Norman at London for Mombasa (with family inteding to emigrate to south Africa, recorded with rank of Major)
    c.1926 - Birth of son, Christopher Nicoll
    16/2/1928 - Colonian Service: Uganda (recorded with rank of Major)
    16/2/1928 - Disembarked SS Matiana in London from Beira, Mozambique (destination Riverway, Shiplake-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)
    4/8/1933 - Ceases to belong to Reserve of Officers having reached the age limit of liability to recall
    1/1/1934 - Awarded Kings Police Medal for distinguished service
    27/7/1934 - Disembarked SS Malda in London from Daar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika, (with wife, Kathleen Nicoll, and son, Christopher Nicoll)
    29/4/1938- Commissioner of Police: Tanganyika
    29/4/1938 - Disembarked SS Umalda in London from Mombasa, Kenya (destination Junior Naval & Military Club, London W1)
    3/1/1939 - Awarded Venerable Order of the Hospital of StreetJohn of Jerusalem as a serving brother
    4/8/1941 - To be 2nd Lieutenant in Army Cadet Force
    15/9/1957 - Died at Hastings, Sussex

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