Nicholl, Reginald Eycott

Reginald Eycott Nicholl

Rank: Sub Lieutenant

Regiment: Royal Navy Air Service

Parents: Rev. & Mrs C Nicholl

Brothers: Frederick Alan Benson Nicholl & Charles Alexander Jacomb Nicholl

Brother-in-Law: Harry Ben Le Despencer Tree

Address: 10 Charles Road, St Leonards

Additional Info:

29/1/1896 – Born St Leonards, Hastings, East Sussex. Son of Rev Charles Alfred Samuel and Henrietta Catherine (née Jacomb) Nicoll
Brother of Lieutenant Charles A J Nicoll, Royal Indian Marines and Lieutenant Frederick A B Nicoll, 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
1901 census – 10 Charles Road, StreetLeonards, Hastings [(as Reginal E Nicholl)]
1911 census – Student: Sait Edward’s School, Woodstock Road, Summerville, Oxford
7/9/1914 – Confirmed as rank of Flight Sub-Lieutenant following probationary period
21/10/1914 – Qualified for Aviators certificate flying a Maurice Farmn Biplane at Central Flying School, Upavon (as Flight Sub- Lieutenant , Royal Naval Air Service)
28/7/1916 – Promoted from Flight Lieutenant to Flight Commander
31/12/1917 – Promoted from Flight Commander to Squadron Commander
29/10/1920 – Granted short term commissionn as Flight Lieutenant from Squadron Leader
11/5/1925 – Royal Air Force: 10 Charles Road, StreetLeonards, Hastings
11/5/1925 – Disembarked SS Khyber at London from Port Said
15/10/1925 – Transferred to Reserve, Class C
6/11/1926 – Married Eva Delahunty at 34 Sorauren Avenue, York, Ontario, Canada
15/10/1929 – Relinquished commission on completion of service
4/4/1986 – Died at Grayshott Nursing Home, Boundary Road, Grayshott, Hindhead, Surrey

Thank you to Rae Taylor for this information.

Published: December 1914

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