Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Chief Steward
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Dundrum Castle
Age: 31
Date of Death: 03/04/1943
Additional information: King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Son of Edward George and Mary Nickerson, of Fritton, Norfolk.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 36. Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
The date of Mr. Nickerson's death suggests it to have been connected with the fire in the Red Sea on 2nd April 1943, the day before he died.