LLANBRADACH - WALES
War Memorial
War Memorial
Llanbradach is a village within the historic boundaries of Glamorgan, South Wales.
Private David Stanley JAMES 846
Born: Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales Enlisted: 29-8-1914, Randwick, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Miner 1st Battalion Australian Infantry Killed in Action 22-7-1916, France Son of Jane James, 8 Garden Avenue, Glandradach, Sth. Wales Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 29 |
Captain William Harold NICHOLLS 707
Born: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Enlisted: 21-9-1914, Ipswich, Queensland aged 27years 1 month 15th Battalion Australian Infantry Occupation prior to Enlistment: Shop Assistant (Crockery) Killed in Action 26-1-917, France aged 29years Son of William and Catherine Nicholls Husband of Lilian May Nicholls, of 3, Central Terrace, Llanbradach, Cardiff, Wales. Resting: Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Peronne, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 77 Also honoured on Tenby, War Memorial |
West Wales War Memorial Project - William was born in Tenby in 1886, the son of William and Catherine Nicholls. He was the husband of Lilian May Nicholls, later of 3, Central Terrace, Llanbradach, Cardiff. William had emigrated to Australia prior to the war, and enlisted at Ipswich, Queensland on 21 September 1914 into the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. The 15th Battalion formed part of the 4th Australian Infantry Division, 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, and embarked at Melbourne on 22 December 1914 aboard His Majesty's Australian Troopship Ceramic, bound for Egypt, where the Anzacs were readied for the Gallipoli campaign. The 4th Brigade landed at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli on the afternoon of 25 April 1915, and from May to August, the battalion was heavily involved in establishing and defending the ANZAC front line. William was commissioned to Second Lieutenant whilst at Gallipoli, on 18 August 1915. They remained here until December 1915 when they were evacuated off the Peninsula to Egypt. Here William was promoted to full Lieutenant, and the Australian Divisions guarded the Suez Canal for a while, before being moved to France in June 1916 where they took over a part of the line near Armentieres. The 4th Division soon moved south though, to accompany the 1st and 2nd Australian Divisions to the Somme, where they fought at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm, suffering terrible casualties for little gain. The Australians remained on the Somme for the winter of 1916/17, and during November William was promoted Captain. Sadly he was Killed in action soon after, on 26 January 1917, aged 29. He is buried at Guards' Cemetery, Lesbouefs, France.