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VC471 William Henry Snyder Nickerson
BORN 27 March 1875
DIED 10 April 1954 AGE 79
VC Won 20 April 1900 AGE 25
Place VC Won Wakkerstroom
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name William Henry Snyder Nickerson No.
VC Issue No. 471 Awards VC CB CMG
Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the Mounted Infantry
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Major-General
Place Of Birth Dorchester, New Brunswick, Canada
Place Of Death At his home, Cour, Kintyre, Argyllshire, Scotland
Buried/Location Ashes Private cemetery in grounds of house, Cour, Kintyre, Argyllshire, Scotland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Private burial ground
Gazetted 12 February 1901
VC Presented 14 August 1901, Duke of York (later King George V), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Memorials
P Headstone, private cemetery in grounds of house, Cour, Kintyre, Argyllshire, Scotland
P Plaque at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffs
By The Way…
In 2003 his Victoria Cross was stolen from the family home in Strathclyde, but was recovered by the police later in the year
VC Held By
Held by family
