Private Kingsmill Pennefather NIMMO (1903)

17th (Service) Battalion, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment
Born 23 June 1885 in West Derby, Liverpool
Killed in action 28 June 1916, aged 31
Buried at Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Also commemorated on the war memorials at West Lancashire Golf Club, Blundellsands and All Saints Church, Stoneycroft; at Loretto School, Musselburgh; and on the roll of honour at the Liverpool Cotton Association.

Kingsmill Nimmo was the son of William Nimmo and Ruth, née Pennefather, of Liverpool. He was married to Mary Roberta, née Preston, in 1914, and lived at Stanley House, Oak Hill Park, Liverpool.

He was educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh, Scotland.

At the outbreak of war in September 1914 he was offered a commission, but, preferring to serve in the ranks, he enlisted in the King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, and served in France.

He was killed in action at Maricourt, during the Battle of the Somme, on 28 June 1916. He was in a dug-out with five other men, when a shell penetrated it, bursting inside; five of the six men, including Nimmo, were killed outright.