J.W. Nicholson (FN 40-43).
 
        John Nicholson died in September 2016. He was very proud of  being a St Beghian and his old school tie was a treasured possession throughout  his life. Following national service in the RAF, he qualified as a chartered  accountant in 1949 before marrying Elizabeth in 1950. They had three children  and subsequently eight grandchildren. For seventeen years he was with C.A.  Parsons & Co eventually becoming Head of Management Services and then a  Director, first with Northern Engineering Industries and then the Anglo Great  Lakes Company (part of Rolls Royce) from where he retired in 1984. All his life  he was a keen golfer (with an enviable handicap of 6/8), latterly at the  Northumberland Golf Club.