William Nicklin was killed in action in the latter part of 1916. He was 38 years of age, and had been serving for several months in the Tunnelling Section of the Royal Engineers.
He studied chemistry under Dr. E.H. Cook, of Clifton, Bristol, for two years, and in 1903 went to South Africa and was engaged in assaying on the Witwatersrand until the outbreak of the war led him to resign his post and join forces. Mr. Nicklin was at first assistant assayer to the Crown Reef Gold Mining Co., but after a year was promoted to chief assayer, which position he held for five years. From 1909 to 1915 he was chief assayer to the Nourse Mines, Ltd.
Mr. Nicklin was elected on Associate of the Institution in 1910.
Vol. 26, Trans IMM 1916-17, p.273
