Roll of honour
Casualties of Aviva constituent companies in the 1914 - 1918 War
“Their memories will be held in the greatest gratitude not only by this generation but for many generations to come.”
Francis Norie-Miller
- General Manager of General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd 1891 - 1933
Search our records of employees who died
Nairn, John McC
Head Office
General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd.
| Date of Death | 18 November 1916, aged 24 |
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| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Highland Light Infantry 16th Battalion |
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| Accountant assistant. Enlisted October 1914 in the Highland Cyclist Battalion. | |
Napier, Charles George Douglas
Head Office, Fire Department
Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation Ltd.
| Date of Death | 15 May 1918, aged 25 |
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| Rank | Captain |
| Regiment | Royal Air Force 48th Squadron |
| Medal or honour | Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Cross, Médaille Millitaire |
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| Initially Lance Sergeant in 47th division Cyclist Corps. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry on 25 May and 26 May 1915 at Givenchy. Was first member of staff to be decorated. Awarded Military Cross in June 1918 for descending to a height of 100 feet during a low flying bombing attack and dropping four bombs amongst a body of enemy troop causing heavy casualties, for attacking three enemy machines two of which crashed and for displaying the greatest judgment determination and daring. | |
Needell, Brian
London Head Office
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Date of Death | 02 May 1917, aged 28 |
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| Rank | Sergeant |
| Regiment | London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) A Company 1st/5th Battalion |
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| Died at Wancourt. | |
Neems, Percy Vincent Nigel
Bristol
Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd
| Date of Death | 09 October 1917, aged 19 |
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| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Battalion |
| Medal or honour | 1915 Star |
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| Died of wounds. Roll of honour says died 25 September 1915. | |
Nesling, Robert Edward
London
Scottish Union and National Insurance Company
| Date of Death | 04 March 1918, aged 25 |
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| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment | King's Own Rifles 8th Battalion |
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Newport, Benjamin Franklin
Liverpool
General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd.
| Date of Death | 27 August 1916, aged 20 |
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| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion |
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Clerk.
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Niblett, Arthur Hilton
Head Office
Railway Passengers Assurance Company
| Date of Death | 21 September 1916 |
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| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Royal Engineers |
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| Junior clerk. | |
Nicholson, William Dawson
Head Office
Provident Accident and Guarantee Company Ltd.
| Date of Death | 25 September 1915, aged 24 |
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| Rank | Lance Corporal |
| Regiment | City of London Infantry 1st/7th Battalion |
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| Junior messenger at Head Office. His commanding officer wrote of his death in France "After being wounded in the head he had gone to the assistance of some comrades; he had bound up three and was helping a fourth when he was again hit in the head, this time fatally." | |
Nicholson, William I
Head Office
The Norwich Union Life Insurance Society
| Date of Death | 19 July 1916, aged 24 |
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| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Norfolk Regiment 1st/6th Battalion attached Gloucester Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion |
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Killed in France.
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Nicol, John Temple
Glasgow
Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd
| Date of Death | 27 May 1918, aged 18 |
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| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | The Royal Scots Regiment 17th Battalion |
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| Died of wounds. Roll of honour says died April 1917. | |
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