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NICOLAI R.C<br />
Lieutenant Ronald Claude NICOLAI. 1 st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died<br />
Sunday 25 th April 1915 aged 22 years. Son of Adolfo Nicolai. Husband of Claudia Augusta<br />
Ormond (formerly Nicolai) of Forsham Cottages, Rolvenden, <strong>Kent</strong>. Ronald has no known grave.<br />
His name appears on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. Panel reference 8.<br />
The day that Ronald died his battalion was in action at Kitcheners Wood near Ypres. The war<br />
diary states – Owing to German trenches being insufficiently shelled and supports unable to<br />
come up the line, retired at about 0700 hours. The battalion’s attack was halted by murderous<br />
machine gun fire originating from Germans hidden in houses at St Julien. Ronald’s name appears<br />
in the war diary as having been killed in action. A number of other officers were killed and 500<br />
men were either killed or wounded.<br />
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