Leslie Gibson Nicolson

Parents:

• Birth*: Leslie Gibson Nicolson was born on 18 August 1889 at Piershill, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, ; 1889 births in the district of South Leith in the district of Edinburgh; ref 1049; Leslie Gibson Nicolson, 1889 August eighteenth ... h 30m pm, 3 ... [unreadable] Piershill Leith; m parents James Nicolson brewer master, Eva Nicolson ms Gibson married 1888 November 28 Edinburgh; signed James Nicolson father present; registered 1889 September 2 at South Leith Jas McRitchie [reading of name?] assist registrar, Gilbert Archer registrar.¹
• He was the son of James Nicolson brewer and Eva Gibson.
• Marriage*: Leslie Gibson Nicolson married Dorothea Hilda Somebody on Thursday, 11 May 1916 at Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, .^2,3
• (Deceased) Death*: Leslie Gibson Nicolson died on 14 September 1943 at Hove, Sussex, England, , at age 54 First name(s) LESLIE G
  Last name NICOLSON
  Gender Unknown
  Birth day -
  Birth month -
  Birth year 1889
  Age 54
  Death quarter 3
  Death year 1943
  District HOVE
  County Sussex
  Volume 2B
  Page 323
  Country England
  Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
  Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  Subcategory Deaths & burials
  Collections from Great Britain.^4,5
• Probate*: His estate was probated on 12 November 1943 at Llandudno, Wales, ; 1943 Nicolson Leslie Gibson of Glencairn Bickingham Road Shoreham by Sea Sussex died 14 September 1943 at 19 Landsdown Place Hove Sussex; probate Llandudno 12 November to Howard Meredith Hardy solicitor and Lesley Elizabeth Nicolson spinster. Effects £14643.18s.3d.⁵

• Passenger List*: He was found on the passenger list of Moreton Bay Ship Aberdeen & Commonwealth on 3 February 1932 at Southampton, England, , First name(s) LESLIE G
  Last name NICOLSON
  Title MR
  Gender Male
  Age 43
  Birth year 1889
  Occupation INDEPENDENT
  Departure year 1932
  Departure day 3
  Departure month 2
  Departure port SOUTHAMPTON
  Destination port BRISBANE
  Destination BRISBANE
  State Queensland
  Country AUSTRALIA
  Destination country AUSTRALIA
  Ship name MORETON BAY
  Ship official number 130169
  Ship master's first name W G
  Ship master's last name SUMMERS
  Shipping line ABERDEEN AND COMMONWEALTH LINE
  City SOUTHAMPTON
  Ship destination port AUSTRALIA
  Ship destination country AUSTRALIA
  Ship registered tonnage 8654
  Number of passengers 259
  Record set Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960
  Category Travel & migration
  Subcategory Passenger lists
  Collections from Australasia, Great Britain, Ireland, United States.⁶

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household	5 April 1891	They was listed as a member of the household of Thomas Gibson and Clementina Corbett in the 1891 census at Eglington Crescent, St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, . Leslie G Nicolson, grandson, male aged 1, b Midlothain; no details for parents, but assume recorded as relationships given idicate so. 3 servants, housemaid, tablemaid, nurse.7
Member of Household	31 March 1911	They was listed as a member of the household of James Nicolson brewer in the 1911 census at Highlands, Redington Road, Hampstead, London N15, England, . Leslie Gibson Nicolson, son, 21, single, student, b Scotland Edinburgh, British subject; James Gordon Nicolson, head, 42, married, Managing Director of Public Companies, employer, b Scotland Edinburgh, British Subject; Nora Nicolson, wife, 32, married 5 years, 1 child born, 1 child living; British Subject; 18 roomed residence, staff consisting of parlour maid, cook, nurse & 2 housemaids; Guest Edward James Selby, 20, medical student, b Nottingham, British subject.8
Head of Household	September 1939	He was listed as head of household along with spouse Dorothea Hilda Somebody in the 1939 Register at 8A St leonards Road, Hove, Sussex, England, . Nicolson Household (4 People) 8A Saint Leonards Road _ Hove M.B., Sussex, England First Name(s) Last Name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital Status Schedule Schedule Sub Number _ Leslie Nicolson 18 Aug 1889 Male No Trade Invalid Married 432 1 _ Dorothea Nicolson 28 Nov 1892 Female Nurse Married 432 2 _ Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record. _ Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record; also in the household were Eric James Brindley Nicolson VC DFC and Leslie Elizabeth Nicolson.9

Military Service

• Military Service*: Leslie Gibson Nicolson served with the Royal Air Force 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.¹⁰
• Military Service*: Leslie Gibson Nicolson served with the Royal Navy on 13 August 1914 at Pembroke III, First name(s) Leslie Gibson
  Last name Nicolson
  Service number F33
  Birth year 1889
  Birth date 18 Aug 1889
  Birth place Edinburgh
  Birth county Midlothian
  Birth country Scotland
  Archive The National Archives
  Archive reference ADM 188/560/33
  Record set British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924
  Category Military, armed forces & conflict
  Subcategory Service Records
  Collections from Great Britain
  
  Enlistment paper image held [not yet transcribed].¹¹
• 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
  
  [image held, not transcribed].²