Name Eric James Brindley Nicolson No.
VC Issue No. 1172 Awards VC DFC
Regiment Royal Air Force, No. 249 Squadron
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Flight Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Wing Commander
Place Of Birth At sea off Calcutta, India
Place Of Death At his home, Rustington, Littlehampton, Sussex, England
Buried/Location Ashes Lost at sea off Calcutta, India
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 15 November 1940
VC Presented 25 November 1940, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore
P Named on Mothers Grave, St Johns Churchyard, Kirkby Wharfe, North Yorkshire
Named on War Memorial, St Johns Church, Kirkby Wharfe, North Yorkshire
P Named on RAF VC Memorial at St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
P Named on Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel Le Ferne, Kent
P Named on Battle of Britain Memorial, The Embankment, Westminster, London
Named on War Memorial, Tonbridge School, Kent
Memorial Plaque, Tonbridge School, Kent
Named on War Memorial, Yardley Court School, Now Somerhill School, Tonbridge, Kent
P Memorial Plaque, Sholing Junior School, Middle Road, Southampton, Hampshire
P Nicolson Memorial Clock, Nicolson Drive, Shoreham, West Sussex
Nicolson Avenue, Swanton Morley, Norfolk
P Nicolson Close, Canford, Bournemouth, Doset
P James Nicolson Way, York, North Yorkshire
P Nicolson Close, Innsworth, Gloucestershire
Nicolson Drive, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
P Nicolson Road, Orpington, Kent
Memorial Plaque, Guildhall Square, Southampton, Hampshire
By The Way…
The only recipient to be awarded the VC during the Battle of Britain and the only RAF fighter pilot of the Second World War
VC Held By
Royal Air Force Museum, Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London, England
