the Royal Air Force

Military Service

• Military Service*: The Royal Air Force Leslie Gibson Nicolson between 1914 and 1918 recorded at Lives of the First World War website
  
  ID: 6963316
  Reference: AIR 79
  Title: British RAF Airmen 1912-1919
  Description: Warrant Officers, non-commissioned officers and airmen in the Royal Air Force (RAF) between 1912 and 1919. The record set contains records of more than 300,000 airmen, who were born in over 30 countries.
  UPP: GBM/AIR79/95955
  Credit: © The National Archives.¹
• Military Service: Leslie Gibson Nicolson served with the Royal Air Force on 13 August 1914 at RAF, First name(s) Leslie Gibson
  Last name Nicolson
  Birth year 1889
  Birth date 18 Aug 1889
  Birth town Edinburgh
  Birth county Midlothian
  Occupation Motor Driver
  Attestation year 1914
  Attestation date 13 Aug 1914
  Attestation age 25
  Service number 200033
  Marriage year 1916
  Marriage date 11 May 1916
  Spouse's first name(s) Dorothea Hilda
  Child's first name(s) Eric James
  Child's birth date 29 Apr 1917
  Child 2 first name(s) Leslie Elizabeth
  Child 2 birth date 16 Jun 1918
  Archive reference AIR 79/1817
  Next of kin first name(s) Dorothea Hilda,Eric James,Leslie Elizabeth
  Next of kin last name Nicolson
  Record set British Royal Air Force, Airmen's service records 1912-1939
  Category Military, armed forces & conflict
  Subcategory Service Records
  Collections from Great Britain
  
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• Military Service*: The Royal Air Force Eric James Brindley Nicolson VC DFC between 1936 and 1945.
• Military Service*: The Royal Air Force Albert Edward Nicolson civil servant between 1939 and 1945 possibly RAF - from newpaper report of 5 June 1945.
• Military Service*: The Royal Air Force David Raitt between 1939 and 1945 When the 2nd World War broke out, David joined the Royal Air Force, and attended the RAF No. 4 (War) Course, No. 3 School of Physical Training at Loughborough in November 1940. He was stationed at Great Yarmouth (where he met Aileen) and thereafter at South Queensferry, Edinburgh. Throughout the war he was a T/Sergeant in the RAF - as a Physical Training Instructor he was responsible for training aircrew (including parachute jumps). He was also Leading Drummer in the RAF Pipe Band.³
• Military Service*: The Royal Air Force James Martin Bertie from 1940 to 1945.⁴
• Military Service*: The Royal Air Force Kenneth James Gordon Bell say 1967.