Edward Hugh Meredith Nicholson

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Commander (retired) Edward Hugh Meredith Nicholson, D.S.O. (3 September, 1876 – 25 February, 1956) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Newark-on-Trent.

Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in September, 1898.[1]

Around the turn of the century, the Admiralty thanked him for his invention of a/an "[illeg]iarator for torpedo gyroscope."

On 6 December 1904, he was invalided with multiple neuritis. He was thereafter in a series of hospitals: Haslar, Kind Edward VII, Osborne Convalescent Home.

Retired as unfit on 20 June, 1906, Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander (retired) on 30 September, 1906. He applied to be replaced on the Active List, and this was refused on 7 February, 1908.[2]

Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Commander on 3 September, 1916.[3]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Godfrey E. Corbett
Captain of H.M.S. Fervent
16 Jul, 1901[4][5] – 14 Aug, 1901[6]
Succeeded by
Cecil H. France-Hayhurst

Footnotes

  1. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 266.
  2. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 266.
  3. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 266.
  4. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 266.
  5. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  6. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 266.