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.