The military service of his father John . His pension record card via Fold3 which shows that he was living at 1 Back Lane, Lisburn, and gives his army service numbers.
1914 Sep 12 Enlisted in 11th R I Rifles
1915 Oct 3disembarked at Boulogne, France
1917 Apr 19. Posted back UK
Transferred to R Def Corps
1918 Oct discharged from the army on medical grounds, aged 46
1956 Feb 27. He dies . His obituary appears in the Belfast Telegraph for Tuesday 28th February 1956 which states that he died at 48 Laganbank Road (formerly Back Lane) and identifies his wife (Elizabeth Nicholson, nee Moore), late parents (Henry and Agnes Nicholson of Drumlough) and mother-in-law Margaret Moore. The fact that he was a member of the Orange Order is also mentioned.